Course Contents

Introduction to Plasma: Introduction to plasma, occurrences of plasma in nature, Maxwellian distribution function, Concept of temperature in plasmas, The concept of Debye Shielding and quasineutrality condition, The plasma parameters, Plasma Criteria, plasma approximation, Applications of Plasma Physics both in laboratory and Astrophysics, dusty plasma, dusty plasma criteria Concept of electric and magnetic fields in plasma: Single particle motions particle motions in uniform electric and magnetic the concept of Larmour radius, cyclotron frequency and E cross B drift, gravitational fields, motion of charge particle in inhomogenous electric filed, time varying electric filed, motion in space varying electric filed, Motions in non-uniform magnetic field, Curvature drift, Plasma motion in Non-uniform magnetic field, Magnetic mirrors machine, loss cone, Time varying magnetic field, Summary of guiding center drifts Plasma as Fluids Equation of motion, Equation of continuity, Equation of state, Fluid drifts perpendicular and parallel to magnetic field, validity of plasma Approximation, Entropy, adiabatic entropy in relativistic case, entropy in nonrelativistic case, Maxwell equations, concept of linearization in plasmas, waves in plasmas, electrostatic and electromagnetic waves, Langmuir waves, electron waves

Course Learning Outcomes

To learn the fourth state of matter "Plasma" as theoretically concepts.