PHYS 118 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).

Instructor

Visitor

Cross Listed Courses

ENGS 153

Prerequisite

PHYS 068 or equivalent with ENGS 091 or equivalent recommended, or permission of the instructor.