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Plasma Physics and Computer Plasma Modelling I - NEVF525

Title:	Fyzika plazmatu a počítačové modelování v plazmatu I
Guaranteed by:	Department of Surface and Plasma Science (32-KFPP)
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual:	from 2019
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	6
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:2/2, C [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	Czech, English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time

Guarantor:	doc. RNDr. Věra Hrachová, CSc. doc. RNDr. Štěpán Roučka, Ph.D.
Is interchangeable with:	NEVF519

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Annotation -

Last update: T_KEVF (16.05.2005)

Basics of computational physics. Computer modelling. Basics of plasma physics. Theoretical description of plasma.

Course completion requirements - Czech

Last update: doc. RNDr. Jiří Pavlů, Ph.D. (14.06.2019)

Zápočet se uděluje za vypracování zápočtového programu/projektu, jehož zadání je stanoveno po osobní konzultaci s vyučujícím. Charakter zápočtu umožňuje jeho opakování.

Literature -

Last update: T_KEVF (05.05.2010)

Chen F.F.: Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Springer, New York 2006.

Birdsall D.C., Langdon A.B.: Plasma Physics via Computer Simulation, Adam Hilger,

Bristol 1991.

Hockney R.W., Eastwood J.W.: Computer Simulation Using Particles, Taylor and

Francis, New York 1988.

Tajima T.: Computational Plasma Physics, Westview Press, Oxford 2004.

Syllabus -

Last update: T_KEVF (16.05.2005)

1. Basics of computational physics
Main directions of computational physics. Mathematical and computer modelling. Fluid modelling. Molecular dynamics method. Priciples of theory of probability. Monte Carlo method.

2. Basics of plasma physics
Charakterisation of plasma, basic types of plasma, plasma isothermal and nonisothermal. Quasineutrality of plasma. Debye shielding.

3.Theoretical description of plasma
Kinetic description of plasma, Boltzmann equation, conservation laws. Magnetohydrodynamic description of plasma, generalized Ohm´s law. Connection between kinetic and magnetohydrodynamic descriptions of plasma.