PTYS558 - Spring, 2020
List of Lectures
Date
Lecture notes (pdf format)
misc
1/15
Units: cgs vs. SI
1/22
More preliminaries + orbit theory (part 1)
1/27
Orbit theory (part 2) Grad B drft
1/29
Orbit theory (part 3) Conservation of Magnetic Moment
2/3
Distribution function
2/5
Macroscopic Dynamical Equations
2/10
MHD equations I (+ Debyle length, plasma beta definitions)
2/12
MHD equations 2 (induction equation, frozen flux theorem, turbulent dynamo)
2/17
MHD equations 3 (turbulent dynamo, energy equation)
2/19
Potential and Force-Free Fields
extra notes
2/24
Hydrostatic Equilibrium and the Parker Solar Wind Solution
2/26
de Laval Nozzle analogy + Parker Spiral Magnetic Field
3/2
Parker Spiral magnetic field (part 2)
3/4
Parker Force-Free (Irrotational Flow) Heliosphere Model
3/23
Heliosphere (continued), current sheets, (Sweet Parker) magnetic reconnection
3/25
Magnetic reconnecton + Intro to plasma waves
3/30
Magnetic Waves in an ideal MHD fluid
4/1
MHD Shocks (Part 1)
4/6
MHD Shocks (Part 2) + Collisionless Shock Microstructure
4/8
Two-stream instability in a proton/electron plasma + plasma turbulence and Kolmogorov theory
4/27
Cosmic-Ray Transport - Part 1 - Pitch-angle diffusion
4/29
Cosmic Ray Transport - Part 2 - Pitch-angle diffusion (cont.) + Energy change
5/4
Particle Acceleration at Shocks
5/6
Particle Acceleration (part 2)
Plasma physics with astrophysical and solar-system applications