Electromagnetic Propagation in Hot Plasmas (kinetic analysis)
| Code | 221 |
|---|---|
| Semester | Fall |
| Class Hours - Lab Hours | 3 - 0 |
| Lecturers | Kyriakos Hizanidis, Ioannis Kominis (School of AMPS) |
Description
Distribution functions (definition, model functions) and kinetic equations (structure, general solution methods).
Wave propagation when Β = 0 (electromagnetic waves, dispersion relation of electrostatic Langmuir waves, significance and consequences of resonance, Landau damping, non-linear behaviour, saturation).
Wave propagation along a magnetostatic field Β (general dispersion relation, temperature effects on high, medium and low frequency waves, cyclotron damping and instability).
Wave propagation across a magnetostatic field Β (ordinary mode in a hot plasma and damping/growth at harmonics of the gyrofrequency, general dispersion relation of the extraordinary mode, Bernstein mode).
Coupling of oscillations (demonstration of coupling for Langmuir waves in a two-stream plasma, other coupling situations, study of the topology of the dispersion relation, distinction between damping and growth, applications to oscillators and amplifiers).