FB240 Selected chapters from plasma physics

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Mirko Černák, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Jan Janča, DrSc. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. David Trunec, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Mirko Černák, CSc.
Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jan Janča, DrSc.
Prerequisites
F7241 Plasma physic
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Special selected parts of plasma physics for postgraduate students
Syllabus
  • Vlasov equation and solution.
  • Landau damping.
  • Capacitively coupled high frequency discharges.
  • The plasma admittance. Sheath admittance.
  • Processes in electrode sheats.
  • The high-voltage sheat. Matrix sheath.
  • Sheath after Child law.
  • General criteria for sheath formation.Collisional sheaths.
  • Sheath capacitance.
  • Ohmic and stochastic heating.
  • Inductive discharges.
  • High-pressure discharges.
  • Matching networks.
Literature
  • GURNETT, Donald A. and A. BHATTACHARJEE. Introduction to plasma physics : with space and laboratory applications. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. x, 452. ISBN 9780521367301. 2005. info
  • FRIDMAN, Aleksandr Arkad'jevič and Lawrence A. KENNEDY. Plasma physics and engineering. New York: Taylor & Francis. 853 s. ISBN 1560328487. 2004. info
  • BITTENCOURT, J. A. Fundamentals of plasma physics. 3rd ed. Sao José dos Campos: National Institute for Space Research. xxiii, 678. ISBN 85-900100-3-1. 2003. info
  • Low temperature plasma physics :fundamental aspects and applications. 1st ed. Berlin: Wiley-VCH. 523 s. ISBN 3-527-28887-2. 2001. info
  • GOLDSTON, Robert J. and Paul Harding RUTHERFORD. Introduction to plasma physics. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing. xvii, 491. ISBN 075030183X. 1995. info
  • Basic plasma physics : selected chapters : handbook of plasma physics. Edited by R. N. Sudan - Al'bert Abubakirovič Galejev. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 564 s. ISBN 0444880208. 1989. info
Assessment methods
Final colloquium with common discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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