22.611J | Fall 2006 | Graduate

Introduction to Plasma Physics I

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chap5.pdf

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Lecture notes on electromagnetic waves in plasmas, general treatment of linear waves in anisotropic medium, high frequency plasma conductivity, cold plasma waves (magnetized plasma), thermal effects on plasma waves, electrostatic approximation for (plasma) waves, simple example of MHD dynamics: Alfven waves, non uniform plasmas and wave propagation, two stream instability, and kinetic theory of plasma waves.

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