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Introduction to plasma physics and controlled fusion. Lectures in plasma physics this manuscript is the written version of seven twohour lectures that i gave as a minicourse in plasma physics at illinois institute of technology in 1978 and 1980. Plasmas behave in lots of interesting and sometimes unexpected ways. A solid undergraduate background in classical physics, electromagnetic theory including maxwells equations, and mathematical familiarity with partial differential equations and complex. Plasmas as fluids 53 introduction 53 relation of plasma physics to ordinary electromag netics 54 the fluid equation of motion 58 fluid drifts. Therefore, elements of plasma exert a force on one another even at large distances. Debye length, mean free path, plasma frequency, collision frequency. Note nearly any system contains some mobile charged particles, but if their impact on the. Note statistical means macroscopic, for the scale length l and the free charge density n the relation l n holds. A plasma trail from the space shuttle atlantis during reentry into earths atmosphere, as seen from the international space station.
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