PřF:F7241 Plasma physics 1 - Course Information
F7241 Plasma physics 1
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. RNDr. Jan Janča, DrSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Lenka Zajíčková, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Jan Janča, DrSc.
Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jan Janča, DrSc. - Timetable
- Wed 12:00–13:50 Fs2 6/4003
- Prerequisites
- F5170 Plasma physics
Courses: Electricity and magnetism, theory of elmg. field, Atom - nuclear and particle physics. Plasma Physics. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Course objectives
- The lecture enriched the knowledge from fundamentals of plasma physics presented in introductory course F5170.The different forms of velocity distribution functions of electrons are thoroughly discussed in various plasma excitation conditions.Advanced parts from theory of electric breakdown and excitation of different forms of electrical dischrges are lectured.Introduction to plasma magnetohydrodynamics and thermodynamics closed the course. Symetrical part of distribution function. Margenau and Druyvestein distribution function of electrons. Distribution function in non-isothermic plasma in electric and magnetic fields. Gas discharges. Townsend theory and conditions for breakdown in DC dischrges. Paschen's law. Breakdown of high-frequency discharges. Shottky teory of ambipolar diffusion. Fundamentals of magnetohydrodynamics. The probe theory and probe measurements. Thermodynamics of plasma. Saha equation. Chrged particle orbits in different electric and magnetic fields. Electrostatic oscillations perpendicular to the magnetic field, upper and lower hybrid frequency.
- Syllabus
- Different velocity distribution functions. Townsend teory of discharge breakdown. Paschen law. Excitation of high frequency and microwave discharges. Schottky theory of ambipolar diffusion. Fundamentals of magnetohydrodynamics. Pinch effect. Saha's equation and. Lowering of ionization potential. Probe measurements. Paths of charged particles in different configurations of electric and magnetic field.
- Literature
- GOLDSTON, Robert J. and Paul H. RUTHERFORD. Introduction to plasma physics. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 1995, xvii, 491. ISBN 0-7503-0183-X. info
- LIEBERMAN, M. A. and Allan J. LICHTENBERG. Principles of plasma discharges and materials processing. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1994, xxvi, 572. ISBN 0471005770. info
- DRAWIN, Hans-Werner and Paul FELENBOK. Data for plasmas in local thermodynamic equilibrium. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1965, 503 s. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical oral lecture extending hitherto knowledges of our students in applied plasma physics.
- Assessment methods
- Lectures. Written test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
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