Plasma Engineering

Fall 2013

Courses

MIT 22.611 Introduction to Plasma Physics Fall 2006 (Ron Parker) Fall 2003 (Ian Hutchinson & Jeffrey Freidberg) 2001 (Ian Hutchinson)
U of Iowa 029:194 Plasma Physics I Fall 2010 (Gregory Howes)
U of Helsinki Introduction to Plasma Physics Autumn 2010
Rice Physics 480 Introduction to Plasma Physics Fall 2009 (Anthony Chan)
Columbia APPH A6101Plasma Physics 1 Fall 2005 (Mike Mauel)
Montana Physics 565 Astrophysical Plasma Physics Fall 2009 (Dana Longcope)
Illinois NPRE 421 Plasma and Fusion Science Spring 2009, 2008, 2007 (Thomas Dolan) 2012
San Francisco State Physics 712 Physics of Plasmas Spring 2007 (Susan Lea)
Purdue Physics 570D Intro to Plasma Physics Spring 2011 (Maxim Lyutikov)
UCSD Physics 151 Plasma Physics Spring 2010 (Fred Driscoll)
U of Alaska Physics F626 Fundamentals of Plasma Physics 2006 (Antonius Otto)
U of Colorado Physics 4150 Plasma Physics 2010 (Dmitri Uzdensky)
U of Sydney Plasma Physics 2001 (Ferg Brand)
IIT Kanpur Intro to Plasma Physics 2013 (Sudeep Bhattacharjee)

Video

YouTubeIIT Delhi Plasma Physics: Fundamentals and Applications (Prof. V.K. Tripathi,Prof. Vijayshri)

Books

Plasma Science, From Fundamental Research to Technological Applications (National Academy Press) Can be read online for free, download of pdf is $34.
Intro to Plasma Physics by M. Gedalin
The Physics of Plasmas by R. Fitzpatrick (html)
Fundamentals of Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion by K. Miyamoto
Fundamentals of Plasma Physics by J. Callen
Lectures in Plasma Physics by P. Johnson
Astrophysical Plasmas by S. Schwartz, C. Owen, D. Burgess Basic Plasma Notes by S. Schwartz
Space Plasma Physics by E. Marsch
Fluid Theory of Plasmas by A. Hassam
Plasma Physics by H. O. Rucker

General References

Perspectives on Plasma Science

Coalition for Plasma Science
Plasma Physics (Wikipedia)
FusEdWeb (LLNL)
Science Education Program (PPPL)
Plasma Universe
Plasma on the Internet (Reference for almost everything)
NRL Plasma Formulary (NRL)
Dispersion and Group Velocity
Contemporary Physics Education Project
Plasma Dictionary (LLNL)
Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience (PPPL)
Tokamak Info
Plasma Physics Articles (Wikipedia)

Diagnostics & Experiments

Langmuir Probes

Langmuir Probe Diagnostics (F.F. Chen)
Langmuir's Probe from the Intermediate and Advanced Laboratory (U of Iowa, Physics)
Understanding Langmuir Probe I-V Characteristics (R.L. Merlino)
Example of Langmuir Probe Analysis (D. Pace)
Langmuir Probe Lab Report Part I, Part II (D. Sirajuddin)
Electrostatic Probe Techniques (J.C. Sprott)
Example of Langmuir Probe Analysis (D. Pace)

Misc

Physics Jokes Sidney Harris Cartoons
Physics Qualifiers (UW-Madison)
Secure Materials

Prof. Connor's Website also Dept Website