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Dr. Ashwini Kumar Sharma |
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| Department of Physics |
| Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati |
| Guwahati - 781 039, Assam, INDIA |
| e-mail: aksharma@iitg.ac.in |
| Phone: +91-361-258-2724 (Off.) |
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PH451: Plasma Physics, July - November, 2025
Welcome to the course PH451. This web page is intended to provide all the necessary information about the course.
Course coordinator
Dr Ashwini Kumar Sharma
Room No. 107
Department of Physics,
Email: aksharma@iitg.ernet.in
Tel: 2724
General definition and properties of plasma, Motion of the charged particles in space and time varying electromagnetic field, Kinetic theory and thermodynamics of Plasma, Debye shielding, Boltzman and Fokker-Planck equation, Transport and collision in plasma, plasma fluid theory, hydrodynamics and magneto hydrodynamics, magnetic mirror, waves in plasma, plasma instabilities, plasma radiation and Plasma spectroscopy, Boltzman –Saha equation, neutral and non neutral plasma, Generation and diagnostics of plasma, plasma processing and other industrial applications industrial, Tokamak, nuclear fusion.
Texts and References:
1. J A Bittencourt, Fundamentals of Plasma Physics(3rd Edition), Springer (2008)
2. Chen, Francis F, Introduction to plasma Physics and controlled fusion, Plenum Press NY (1984).
3. Robert J. Goldston and Paul H. Rutherford, Introduction to plasma physics, IOP, Bristol (1995).
4. Griem, Hans R., Principles of plasma spectroscopy, University Press, Cambridge (1997)
5. I H Hutchinson, Principles of Plasma Diagnostics, Cambridge (1994)
You may also refer any other book that you feel comfortable with.
Lectures:
Room No.: 4206
Wednesday: 9:00 - 9:55 hrs
Thursday: 10:00 - 10:55 hrs
Friday : 11:00 -11:55 hrs
Student timings: Through appointment (by email)
ExamSchedule
Please visit the following link for the exam time table
http://shilloi.iitg.ernet.in/~acad/intranet/tt/ettJulyNov2018.htm
Exam |
Date |
Time |
Weightage |
Midsem |
19.09.2018 |
9:00 – 11:00 hrs |
30% |
Endsem |
27.11.2018 |
9:00 – 12:00 hrs |
40% |
Weightage 15%. These will be provided during the class lectures. You will be required to submit these assignments as per the instructions. Late submission will not be accepted.
Term paper 15%. You will be provided with a set of topics. You will work on any one of these topics. Finally, you will submit a report and make a short presentation.