FB240 Selected chapters from plasma physics

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Mirko Černák, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Dvořák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Mirko Černák, CSc.
Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Dvořák, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Plasma Physics and Technology – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 13:00–14:50 Fs2 6/4003
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, 2005, x, 452. ISBN 9780521367301. info
  • FRIDMAN, Aleksandr Arkad'jevič and Lawrence A. KENNEDY. Plasma physics and engineering. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2004, 853 s. ISBN 1560328487. info
  • BITTENCOURT, J. A. Fundamentals of plasma physics. 3rd ed. Sao José dos Campos: National Institute for Space Research, 2003, xxiii, 678. ISBN 85-900100-3-1. info
  • Low temperature plasma physics :fundamental aspects and applications. 1st ed. Berlin: Wiley-VCH, 2001, 523 s. ISBN 3-527-28887-2. info
  • GOLDSTON, R. J. and Paul Harding RUTHERFORD. Introduction to plasma physics. 1st publ. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 1995, xvii, 491. ISBN 0750303255. info
  • Basic plasma physics : selected chapters : handbook of plasma physics. Edited by R. N. Sudan - Al'bert Abubakirovič Galejev. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1989, 564 s. ISBN 0444880208. info
Assessment methods
Final colloquium with common discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, spring 2012 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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