# ECE/NE/PHYSICS 726: Plasma Magnetohydrodynamics | UW–Madison

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MHD equations and validity in hot plasmas; magnetic structure and magnetic flux coordinates; equilibrium in various configurations; stability formulation, energy principle, classification of instabilities; ideal and resistive instability in various configurations, evolution of nonlinear tearing modes; force-free equilibria, helicity, MHD dynamo; 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.

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```

### statistics

#### gpa

3.537

#### graded

178

#### counts

* 74
* 51
* 48
* 2
* 3
* 0
* 0

### grade conflicts

None recorded.

### evidence

#### history

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course\_ffb871136244d7ad6ff1a723-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/history/course_ffb871136244d7ad6ff1a723-0.json)

#### traces

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course\_ffb871136244d7ad6ff1a723-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/traces/course_ffb871136244d7ad6ff1a723-0.json)

#### results

* [/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course\_ffb871136244d7ad6ff1a723-0.json](https://uwcourses.com/data/e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349/results/course_ffb871136244d7ad6ff1a723-0.json)

### revision

e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349

## context

### all

#### term



#### gpa

3.5365168539325844

#### count

178

#### university

##### size

4631

##### gpa Percentile

30

##### count Percentile

59

##### median Count

131

##### histogram

| range   | count | current |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
| 1.2–1.6 | 0     | false   |
| 1.6–2.0 | 0     | false   |
| 2.0–2.4 | 0     | false   |
| 2.4–2.8 | 16    | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 339   | false   |
| 3.2–3.6 | 1348  | true    |
| 3.6–4.0 | 2928  | false   |

#### departments

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```

### terms

#### 1082

##### term

1082

##### gpa

3.6333333333333333

##### count

15

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| NE      |            |
| PHYSICS |            |

#### 1094

##### term

1094

##### gpa

3.533333333333333

##### count

15

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| NE      |            |
| PHYSICS |            |

#### 1112

##### term

1112

##### gpa

3.375

##### count

16

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| NE      |            |
| PHYSICS |            |

#### 1134

##### term

1134

##### gpa

3.466666666666667

##### count

15

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| NE      |            |
| PHYSICS |            |

#### 1144

##### term

1144

##### gpa

3.3333333333333335

##### count

6

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| NE      |            |
| PHYSICS |            |

#### 1154

##### term

1154

##### gpa

3.46875

##### count

16

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| NE      |            |
| PHYSICS |            |

#### 1164

##### term

1164

##### gpa

3.6666666666666665

##### count

15

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| NE      |            |
| PHYSICS |            |

#### 1174

##### term

1174

##### gpa

4

##### count

7

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| NE      |            |
| PHYSICS |            |

#### 1192

##### term

1192

##### gpa

3.5357142857142856

##### count

14

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| NE      |            |
| PHYSICS |            |

#### 1222

##### term

1222

##### gpa

3.6

##### count

10

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| NE      |            |
| PHYSICS |            |

#### 1234

##### term

1234

##### gpa

3.4761904761904763

##### count

21

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| NE      |            |
| PHYSICS |            |

#### 1252

##### term

1252

##### gpa

3.5833333333333335

##### count

6

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| NE      |            |
| PHYSICS |            |

#### 1264

##### term

1264

##### gpa

3.522727272727273

##### count

22

##### departments

| subject | comparison |
| ------- | ---------- |
| ECE     |            |
| NE      |            |
| PHYSICS |            |

### benchmarks

#### all

##### school

###### size

4631

###### gpa

3.6559229535868023

###### top Share

81.61478464226201

###### count

131

##### ECE

###### size

121

###### gpa

3.5825061153340303

###### top Share

77.27442831207586

###### count

161

##### NE

###### size

26

###### gpa

3.473772542542995

###### top Share

70.02324224913312

###### count

103.5

##### PHYSICS

###### size

64

###### gpa

3.4822710228077174

###### top Share

70.08114625431114

###### count

187

#### terms

##### 1082

###### school

###### size

723

###### gpa

3.3583896732335172

###### top Share

62.932746798940194

###### count

68

###### ECE

###### size

20

###### gpa

3.261413632703916

###### top Share

56.446724340169375

###### count

40

###### PHYSICS

###### size

18

###### gpa

3.2311229604011333

###### top Share

56.151562136156045

###### count

57

##### 1094

###### school

###### size

758

###### gpa

3.3891454428111527

###### top Share

64.36369814389255

###### count

71

###### ECE

###### size

18

###### gpa

3.1709531378777993

###### top Share

48.482368483424565

###### count

52

###### PHYSICS

###### size

14

###### gpa

3.178632776342291

###### top Share

51.16619076525529

###### count

107.5

##### 1112

###### school

###### size

805

###### gpa

3.3737773184830386

###### top Share

63.91039244872789

###### count

66

###### ECE

###### size

27

###### gpa

3.2587548172943666

###### top Share

57.4110194229183

###### count

42

###### PHYSICS

###### size

19

###### gpa

3.2229985986849723

###### top Share

51.83259262471471

###### count

51

##### 1124

###### school

###### size

821

###### gpa

3.406589342026613

###### top Share

66.35774230127205

###### count

67

###### ECE

###### size

22

###### gpa

3.2619273221601444

###### top Share

56.5536768995059

###### count

60.5

###### PHYSICS

###### size

16

###### gpa

3.050567433698322

###### top Share

46.105598032820275

###### count

73

##### 1134

###### school

###### size

852

###### gpa

3.4138934207568203

###### top Share

66.35946578182744

###### count

66

###### ECE

###### size

26

###### gpa

3.3422063178165016

###### top Share

62.38776016208119

###### count

69

###### PHYSICS

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16

###### gpa

3.1727275737526623

###### top Share

50.135269053135474

###### count

60

##### 1144

###### school

###### size

878

###### gpa

3.4092443327803017

###### top Share

65.95978235963416

###### count

64

###### ECE

###### size

29

###### gpa

3.3963570521991486

###### top Share

65.23099367558979

###### count

59

###### PHYSICS

###### size

17

###### gpa

3.2424179184435684

###### top Share

54.29241615200607

###### count

58

##### 1154

###### school

###### size

935

###### gpa

3.4282378385810093

###### top Share

67.66674668721691

###### count

63

###### ECE

###### size

31

###### gpa

3.3403984750469933

###### top Share

63.036290719914646

###### count

63

###### PHYSICS

###### size

17

###### gpa

3.2209059569767207

###### top Share

53.69456285010276

###### count

55

##### 1164

###### school

###### size

965

###### gpa

3.46491230798535

###### top Share

69.92376287143657

###### count

68

###### ECE

###### size

32

###### gpa

3.3387002225789923

###### top Share

63.627072447149246

###### count

83.5

###### PHYSICS

###### size

18

###### gpa

3.189876123041449

###### top Share

52.313536759438094

###### count

72

##### 1174

###### school

###### size

955

###### gpa

3.4597947384071412

###### top Share

69.5290038366363

###### count

69

###### ECE

###### size

32

###### gpa

3.4125499296052797

###### top Share

66.90263468847662

###### count

85

###### PHYSICS

###### size

18

###### gpa

3.213106131416138

###### top Share

50.20803833029832

###### count

62.5

##### 1192

###### school

###### size

1077

###### gpa

3.50327634323125

###### top Share

72.44641925727845

###### count

67

###### ECE

###### size

38

###### gpa

3.447533461703932

###### top Share

70.3070826404184

###### count

77

###### PHYSICS

###### size

20

###### gpa

3.168647061822901

###### top Share

53.209341982083096

###### count

71.5

##### 1204

###### school

###### size

1012

###### gpa

3.703747431523761

###### top Share

84.59811226304916

###### count

65.5

###### ECE

###### size

34

###### gpa

3.7346193271517083

###### top Share

86.80502962000203

###### count

73.5

###### PHYSICS

###### size

20

###### gpa

3.5081309082453083

###### top Share

68.86523627487142

###### count

42.5

##### 1222

###### school

###### size

1157

###### gpa

3.563052311875811

###### top Share

76.64869058732418

###### count

64

###### ECE

###### size

41

###### gpa

3.502469130958549

###### top Share

72.06914460291064

###### count

70

###### PHYSICS

###### size

18

###### gpa

3.214450874824294

###### top Share

51.939923417511054

###### count

59

##### 1234

###### school

###### size

1188

###### gpa

3.5799441677552393

###### top Share

77.18256448537606

###### count

65

###### ECE

###### size

41

###### gpa

3.521247893399985

###### top Share

73.18909826442149

###### count

70

###### PHYSICS

###### size

19

###### gpa

3.3315176617917044

###### top Share

59.86959664613304

###### count

64

##### 1252

###### school

###### size

1333

###### gpa

3.619494049739118

###### top Share

79.71442190500672

###### count

69

###### ECE

###### size

44

###### gpa

3.5595929340853747

###### top Share

76.26079811550397

###### count

74

###### PHYSICS

###### size

22

###### gpa

3.4211203006656974

###### top Share

64.30376620988773

###### count

68

##### 1264

###### school

###### size

1283

###### gpa

3.6229729166451925

###### top Share

80.13669149396227

###### count

66

###### ECE

###### size

45

###### gpa

3.5814138447018746

###### top Share

77.53027985486403

###### count

73

###### PHYSICS

###### size

20

###### gpa

3.3226640805171783

###### top Share

59.84154395185915

###### count

76.5

## instructor Trends

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]
```

## following

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