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Introduction to Plasma Physics - NEVF518

Title:	Úvod do fyziky plazmatu
Guaranteed by:	Department of Surface and Plasma Science (32-KFPP)
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual:	from 2020
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	3
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unlimited
Min. number of students:	unlimited
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	Czech, English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Additional information:	https://physics.mff.cuni.cz/kfpp/rozvrh.html

Guarantor:	prof. RNDr. Juraj Glosík, DrSc.
Class:	DS, fyzika plazmatu a ionizovaných prostředí
Classification:	Physics > Surface Physics and P. of Ion.M.
Comes under:	Pro rok 2020/2021 + 2022/2023... Year 2020/2021 + 2022/2023...

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Annotation -

Last update: T_KEVF (13.05.2005)

Basic characterisation of plasma (discharge plasma and cosmic plasma). Elementary processes (ionisation, recombination, ion-molecule reactions) Micro and macro parameters of plasma (Debye shielding, plasma potential, plasma density, electron temperature, distribution function). Boltzmann kinetic equation and its solution. Transport in plasma, conductivity, diffusion and ambipolar diffusion). Plasma diagnostics. Plasma spectroscopy.

Course completion requirements - Czech

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

Podmínkou zakončení předmětu je úspěšné složení zkoušky.

Literature - Czech

Last update: T_KEVF (13.05.2005)

Kracík J., Tobiáš J.: Fyzika plazmatu, Academia Praha 1966.

Chen F. F.: Úvod do fyziky plazmatu, Academia Praha 1984.

Raizer J. P.: Gas Discharge Physics, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1991.

J. Kracík, B. Šesták, L. Aubrecht, Základy klasické a kvantové fyziky plazmatu, Academia Praha 1974.

P.W. Atkins, Physical Chemistry, Oxford University press, 1988.

Teaching methods -

Last update: RNDr. Štěpán Roučka, Ph.D. (06.10.2020)

The lecture is conducted on-line in the winter semester 2020. For more information, see

https://physics.mff.cuni.cz/kfpp/rozvrh.html

Requirements to the exam - Czech

Last update: prof. RNDr. Juraj Glosík, DrSc. (10.10.2017)

Zkouška je ústní a požadavky odpovídají sylabu předmětu v rozsahu, který byl prezentován na přednášce.

Syllabus -

Last update: T_KEVF (13.05.2005)

1. Basic characterisation of plasma
Definition of various types of plasma (isothermic and non-isothermic plasma, plasma in the discharge and in the space). Plasma parameters.

2. Collision processes
Ionisation, Penning ionisation, ion-molecule reaction, recombination, formation of negative ions. Experimental techniques used in studies of elementary processes.

3. Micro and macro parameters of plasma
Debye shielding, plasma potential, plasma density, electron and ion temperature. Electron and ion energy distribution functions. Plasma frequency, collision frequency.

4. Kinetic plasma description
Boltzmann kinetic equation and its solution. Transport phenomena in plasma, plasma conductivity, diffusion and ambipolar diffusion. Plasma in magnetic field.

5. Plasma diagnostics
Overview of the diagnostics methods. Lagmuir probe. Microwave diagnostics. Plasma spectroscopy. Emission and absorption of radiation in plasma.