Plasma Physics Fundamentals PHYS2044

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ŸA.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%



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