Plasma waves and some kinetic theory. Waves in cold plasmas. Cold dielectric tensor. Oscillations in a bounded plasma. Ray tracing. Reflection, absorption and emission processes. Collisionless absorption mechanisms: Landau damping, cyclotron damping and TTMP damping. Kramers-Kronig´s and Onsager’s relations. Emission of waves. Larmor formula.
FED3240 Plasma Waves I 8.0 credits
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Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
To provide the theoretical basis for waves appearing in plasmas, including their propagation and absorption. When completing the course, the student should be able to
- Derive the dispersion relation for waves in cold plasmas
- Characterize the most common cold plasma waves
- Be familiar with the CMA diagram
- Solve wave equation in a planar geometry with WKB
- Describe how to treat the plasma response and basic properties of the response tensor
- Describe how to calculate wave propagation with the ray tracing method
- Describe the collisionless absorption mechanisms in a plasma
- Describe how the emission and absorption processes are related
Literature and preparations
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Literature
Lecture notes
Parts of the following, or similar, literature:T.H. Stix,Waves in Plasmas, American Institute of Physics, New York, 1992. Chapters 1-4, 11
D.B. Melrose and R. C. McPhedran,Electromagnetic Processes in Dispersive Media,Cambridge University Press 1991. Chapters 6-7, 11, 15-16, 18.
Examination and completion
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Grading scale
P, F
Examination
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Other requirements for final grade
Assignments, written and final oral examination.
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Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
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Education cycle
Third cycle
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Contact
Thomas Jonsson