Introduction to Plasma Physics I

Giant ball of red, green, and blue gases in space.

The remnant of this exploded star, named Tycho's Supernova after Tycho Brahe, is a huge ball of expanding plasma. (Image courtesy of NASA.)

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MIT Course Number

22.611J / 8.613J / 6.651J

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Fall 2006

Level

Graduate

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The plasma state dominates the visible universe, and is important in fields as diverse as Astrophysics and Controlled Fusion. Plasma is often referred to as "the fourth state of matter." This course introduces the study of the nature and behavior of plasma. A variety of models to describe plasma behavior are presented.

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Ron Parker. 22.611J Introduction to Plasma Physics I. Fall 2006. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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