MAE department

MAE 217B. Introduction to Nonmagnetized Hot Plasma Physics (4 units)

Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/MAE.html#mae217b

Description

Coulomb collisions, collisionless approximation for hot plasma dynamics, Vlasov equation, waves in nonmagnetized plasma, dispersion equation, WKB approximation, Landau dumping, plasma instabilities, quasi-linear theory. Prerequisites: MAE 217A or consent of instructor.

Prerequisite courses

Successor courses

MAE 217B is a prerequisite of the following 4 courses:

• MAE 217C
• MAE 218A
• MAE 218B
• MAE 228