| Unit name | Advanced Electromagnetism and Plasma Physics |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PHYSM1800 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1B (weeks 7 - 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 |
Maxwell's equations; Lorentz force; relativistic formulation; electromagnetic waves; motions of relativistic charged particles. Debye shielding; collective effects. Hamiltonian formulation; conservation laws; adiabatic invariants. Drift motions in Tokamak and related field configurations. Equations of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). MHD equilibrium. Frozen-in fields; field diffusion. MHD waves. Kinetic theory; Boltzmann equation. Derivation of fluid equations. Waves in plasmas (two-fluid approach). Wave-particle interactions; Landau damping. A prerequisite for PHYSM1810 Astrophysical and Fusion Plasmas.
