EC ENGR 285B

Main Course

Advanced Plasma Waves and Instabilities

Description

Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Requisites: courses M185, and 285A or Physics 222A. Interaction of intense electromagnetic waves with plasmas: waves in inhomogeneous and bounded plasmas, nonlinear wave coupling and damping, parametric instabilities, anomalous resistivity, shock waves, echoes, laser heating. Emphasis on experimental considerations and techniques. Letter grading.

Prerequisites

• Required: EC ENGR M185

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  • Required: EC ENGR 285A

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  • Required: PHYSICS 222A

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