ENGS 153 Computational Plasma Dynamics

Theory and computational techniques used in contemporary plasma physics, especially nonlinear plasma dynamics, including fluid, particle and hybrid simulation approaches, also linear dispersion codes and data analysis. This is a “hands-on” numerical course; students will run plasma simulation codes and do a significant amount of new programming (using Matlab).

Cross Listed Courses

PHYS 118

Prerequisite

PHYS 68 or equivalent with ENGS 91 or equivalent recommended, or permission of the instructor