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