The course introduces the theoretical foundation of fluids and plasma physics with applications to astrophysics and the recent developments in this research field.
Lectures will be held Monday (14:00-16:00) and Tuesdays (9:00-11:00) from October to mid-december.
Previous years lectures may be found here.
This year (AA 2021-2022) Recorded lectures:
[09 Nov 2021] (—> recorded lecture link)
Online Material:
Full Lectures:
- Euler equations
- MHD waves
- Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability
- Current Instabilities
- Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
- (A short outline on) Nonlinear Waves (.pdf or .pptx)
- Transport Phenomena (Chapman-Enskog)
Additional Material:
- Supplementary notes, Ch. 1
- Supplementary notes, Ch. 2
- Supplementary notes, Ch. 3
- Supplementary notes, Ch. 4
- Supplementary notes, Ch. 5
Codes:
- Particle motion in external electromagnetic field: orbit.tgz. Please see the README file for instruction.
- Plasma Physics Lab: (last update: 29 Nov 2021): plasma_physics_lab.tgz.