Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2011-2012
PHYS 480 - INTRODUCTION TO PLASMA PHYSICS
Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO PLASMA PHYSICS
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 302
Description: Fundamental processes in cosmic and laboratory plasmas: gas dynamics, kinetic theory, magnetohydrodynamics, wave and shocks, individual particle drifts, collisions and electrical conductivities, geometric and distribution instabilities.