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  • 561 Plasma Diagnostics I (3) - Principles of active, passive, perturbing and nonperturbing diagnostic methods used in low temperature plasmas, and high temperature plasmas of interest in fusion research. Laboratory safety, data reduction and presentation, microprocessor based data handling and analysis, and reduction of time series data. Prereq: 461, 463, or consent of instructor.

  • 562 Plasma Diagnostics II (3) - Laboratory instruction in operation of plasma diagnostic instruments in plasma science laboratory, experience with high voltage, vacuum, RF, and digital data handling techniques. Prereq: 561.

  • 565 Industrial Plasma Engineering I (3) - Low temperature plasma physics relevant to industrial applications: kinetic theory, particle dynamics in electric and magnetic fields, gaseous discharges, and electron, ion, and plasma sources. Prereq: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

  • 566 Industrial Plasma Engineering II (3) - Continuation of 565 to industrial applications: ion implantation in solids, plasma deposition and etching, space propulsion systems, plasma chemistry, plasma lighting devices, insulating dielectrics and breakdown, materials processing with plasma arcs, and related topics. Prereq: 565 or consent of instructor.

  • 663 Advanced Plasma Physics I (3) - Basic concepts of high temperature plasma physics. Magnetohydrodynamics and kinetic descriptions of plasma, plasma transport, plasma waves, equilibrium, and stability. Prereq: Physics 541-2, 461-2 or 563-4, or consent of instructor. (Same as Physics 663.)

  • 664 Advanced Plasma Physics II (3) - Plasma heating and radiation phenomena. Advanced topics of current interest. Must be taken in sequence. Prereq: 663. 



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