| Unit name | Advanced Electromagnetism and Plasma Physics |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PHYSM1800 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. Dave Newbold |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites | |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Physics |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
This unit provides advanced lectures on classical electrodynamics, which describes the motions of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields, and generation of those fields by charged particles, followed by an introduction to plasma physics and the application of electrodynamics to hot, fully-ionized, gases in electromagnetic fields. Approximately equal parts of the course are concerned with (a) Maxwell's equations, the Lorentz force, and the relativistic formulation of electrodynamics; (b) particle motions and drifts; and (c) magnetohydrodynamics.
