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Plasma Physics Fundamentals

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Plasma Confinement: Single Particle Perspective

Discusses plasma confinement using magnetic mirrors and toroidal fields, emphasizing particle dynamics and the challenges of toroidal field confinement.

MHD Equilibrium & Stability

Explores Magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium and stability, ideal MHD solutions, 'hairy ball' theorem, and boundary conditions.

Electromagnetic Waves in Plasmas

Covers the behavior of electromagnetic waves in non-magnetized plasmas and the simplification of equations for non-collisional plasmas.

Magnetostatics: Magnetic Field and Force

Covers magnetic fields, Ampère's law, and magnetic dipoles with examples and illustrations.

Magnetohydrodynamics: Plasma Physics

Covers the physics of plasmas, emphasizing magnetohydrodynamics and energy conversion processes.

Introduction to Plasma Physics

Covers the dynamics of particles in electric and magnetic fields in plasma physics.

Two-Fluid Waves

Explores two-fluid waves in plasma physics, discussing dispersion relations and wave propagation characteristics.

Stellarators: Confinement Concepts

Explores stellarators as alternatives to tokamaks, discussing 3D magnetic configurations, pros and cons, history, and other confinement concepts.

Plasma Waves: Two-Fluid Model

Explores plasma waves described by the two-fluid model and the behavior of Langmuir waves.

Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibrium Configurations

Covers MHD equilibrium configurations, including tokamak and stellarator concepts, force balance equations, and safety factors.

Newton's Laws: Fundamentals

Explores Newton's laws of motion, fundamental forces in nature, and the unification of interactions.

MHD Equilibrium Configurations

Explores MHD equilibrium configurations in 2D, focusing on tokamaks and stellarators for magnetic confinement.

Heating and Current Drive by Waves

Explores the use of waves for heating and current drive in tokamaks, focusing on ICRH and LH waves, their mechanisms, and antenna features.

Dynamics in Non-Inertial Frames

Covers dynamics in non-inertial frames, including transformation laws, Coriolis force, and examples of dynamic systems.

Electromagnetic Waves: Wave Equation and Maxwell's Equations

Explores the wave equation for electromagnetic waves, Maxwell's predictions, and the importance of polarization in defining wave properties.

Non-inertial Reference Frames & Constraints

Covers forces in non-inertial reference frames, constraints, and the use of pulleys and ropes.

Magnetic Fields and Currents

Explores magnetic fields, currents, Biot-Savart law, Ampère's law, and magnetic dipoles.

Electromagnetic Waves: Properties and Polarization

Explores electromagnetic wave properties, polarization, and practical applications, emphasizing the relationship between electric field intensity and light intensity.

Burning Plasmas: Fast Ions Role

Explores burning plasma specifics, fast ions role, losses, MHD modes, turbulence, Alfvén waves interaction, and burn stability.

Waves in Fluids: Basic Properties and Equations

Covers the fundamental properties and equations of waves in fluids, focusing on surface waves and their mathematical descriptions.