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WAVES AND INSTABILITIES IN PLASMAS

ECE/NE/PHYSICS 724
Course Description

Waves in a cold plasma, wave-plasma interactions, waves in a hot plasma, Landau damping, cyclotron damping, magneto-hydrodynamic equilibria and instabilities, microinstabilities, introduction to nonlinear processes, and experimental applications. Basic knowledge of plasmas [such asPHYSICS/​E C E/​N E  525] and advanced electromagnetics [such asPHYSICS 721orE C E 740] strongly encouraged.

Prerequisites

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.65

3% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
46.15%

-3.94% from Historical

Class Size
13

1.68% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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