Plasma Physics II: Non-linear Plasma Dynamics

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Explores plasma waves, emphasizing damping and resonance effects on energy exchange within the system.

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

Explores plasma wave characteristics in magnetized plasma and discusses Doppler shifted resonances.

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

Explores the interaction of electrostatic waves with the magnetic field in plasma physics.

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

Explores the propagation and modes of plasma waves, including R- and L-waves, Langmuir waves, and Faraday rotation.

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.

Explores impact ionisation in plasma physics and the random walk model as a key challenge in understanding plasma confinement.