Plasma Waves: Propagation and Modes

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Explores the evolution of the distribution function describing particles in phase space.

Analyzes Coulomb collisions between charged particles and the conservation of energy, momentum, and angular momentum.

Covers the concept of analytic continuation and the application of the Residue Theorem to solve for functions.

Covers the concept of Landau damping in plasma physics, focusing on the interaction between waves and particles.

Explores non-linear phenomena in plasma physics, focusing on ion acoustic waves and the Korteweg de Vries equation.

Covers the Laplace transform, its properties, and the concept of analytic continuation.

Explores the properties of plasma waves, focusing on dispersion, cut-off, resonance frequencies, and wave modes.

Covers plasma resistivity, Coulomb collisions, and momentum equation in plasma.

Covers random walk simulation, mean displacement, and diffusion coefficient calculations for weakly ionized particles.

Explores the two-fluid model in plasma physics, focusing on linearization and equilibrium conditions.