Plasma Waves #

Course notes from AA556 at the University of Washington, Seattle

• Review
  • Mathematical Review: Fourier Analysis and Diffusion
• Plasma Waves
  • Plasma Waves in General Dielectric Media
  • Wave Properties in Cold Unmagnetized Plasma
  • Cold Magnetized Plasma Dispersion Relation
  • The CMA Diagram
• Kinetic Theory
  • Introduction to Kinetic Theory
  • Landau Damping
  • Waves in Hot Magnetized Plasma
• Fluid Theory
  • Fluid Theory
• Diffusion and Resistivity