Course Contents

Waves in plasmas, introduction to quantum plasmas, Concept of Fermi pressure Bohm term, exchange and correlation term , electrostatic and electromagnetic modes, quantum Electron waves, quantum Langmuir waves, electromagnetic waves, extraordinary waves Alfven waves, magneto sonic waves, R-L waves , Whistler waves INTRODUCTION TO CONTROLLED FUSION: Rayleigh Taylor instability, classical and quantum Jeans instability, Surface waves, quantum parametric instabilities, Surface waves in quantum plasmas, Landau damping, Nonlinear Landau damping

Course Synopsis

Waves in plasmas, introduction to quantum plasmas, Concept of Fermi pressure Bohm term, exchange and correlation term , electrostatic and electromagnetic modes, quantum Electron waves, quantum Langmuir waves, electromagnetic waves, extraordinary waves Alfven waves, magneto sonic waves, R-L waves , Whistler waves INTRODUCTION TO CONTROLLED FUSION: Rayleigh Taylor instability, classical and quantum Jeans instability, Surface waves, quantum parametric instabilities, Surface waves in quantum plasmas, Landau damping, Nonlinear Landau damping