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NE (NEEP) 726 - Plasma Magnetohydrodynamics

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726 Plasma Magnetohydrodynamics. (Crosslisted with NEEP, ECE 726.) II; 3 cr. 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. P: NEEP/ECE/Physics 525 & Physics 721 or ECE 740 or cons inst.

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J. P. Freidberg, Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics, Plenum, 1987

Course objectives

Develop mathematical framework for vector analysis, calculus in nonorthogonal curvilinear coordinates and use this framework to explore magnetic field structure properties. Utilize the ideal MHD model to develop an understanding of Alfvén-wave time scale phenomena in magnetized plasmas. Consider longer time scale phenomena by developing resistive MHD and its consequences.

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