Syllabus for Plasma Physics Fundamentals
PHYS2044
Current Lecturer
Prof. Shuibing GE Email: sbge@suda.edu.cn
Course Time
6th Semester
Lectures: 2 sessions/two weeks, 50 min /session. 18 weeks.
Course Description
Plasma is the fourth state of matter, occurring naturally 99% of the visible universe. This course introduces the basic principles of plasma physics underlying a wide variety of phenomena mainly for undergraduates, with applications to materials Processing energy generation by controlled thermonuclear fusion, space physics, satellite communications, aerosphere physics, and astrophysics. The course also introduces sustaining mechanisms of plasmas, especially low-pressure electrical gas discharges, fundamental plasma physics, sheath formation, electric and magnetic field effects, plasma-surface interactions in chemically reactive systems, plasma diagnostic techniques and selected industrial applications of low pressure plasmas. These topics will be illustrated by presenting examples of current research and important technological applications.
Prerequisites
General Physics II (PHYS1026); Optics (PHYS3126); Method of Mathematical Physics (PHYS3103)
Textbooks
M.A. Lieberman and A.J. Lichtenberg, Principles of Plasma Discharges and Material Processing (Wiley-Interscience, New York, 2005).
References:
迈克尔A.利伯曼,“等离子体放电原理与材料处理”,科学出版社(第二版),2011
F. F. Chen, “Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (Vol II)”.
李定,“等离子体物理导论”,中国科技大学出版社
Main contents
Week | Teaching Contents | Sessions | Objectives |
2 | Basic Description of a Plasma | 2 | Fundamental Space and Time Scales Plasma Parameter Debye Shielding Plasma Oscillations |
4 | Plasma Dynamics | 2 | Basic Motions Nonmagnetized Plasma Dynamics Guiding Center Motion Dynamics of Magnetized Plasmas |
6 | Collisions in plasma | 2 | Collision Dynamics Elastic Scattering Inelastic Collisions Averaging Over Distributions and Surface Effects |
8 | Diffusion and Transport | 2 | Diffusion and Mobility Ambipolar Diffusion Diffusion Across a Magnetic Field |
10 | Fusion | 2 | Fusion Cross-Section Ignition Lawson Criterion Magnetic Confinement |
12 | Partially Ionized Plasma | 2 | Particle and Energy Balance In Discharges CCP Discharges ICP Discharges Wave-heated Discharges |
14 | Applications of low temperature plasma | 2 | Manufacturing and Processing of Materials Lighting Ecological and Biomedical Applications |
16 | Experimental operation | 2 | Low Pressure Radio Frequency plasma discharges Air Pressure pulsed plasma discharges Plasma diagnostics |
18 | Review of the whole course | 2 | General Review and Preparation for final exams |
Marking Scheme:
Homework | Attendance | Project | Final exam |
20% | 10% | 20% | 50% |