Homework for 029:194 Plasma Physics I

Week 1

Due Tuesday, August 31, 2010.

• Skim through the NRL Plasma Formulary to familiarize yourself with its contents.
• Read Chapter 1 of Gurnett & Bhattacharjee
• Read "Plasmas" by Harold Grad (1969), Physics Today 22: 34-44.

Due Thursday, September 2, 2010,

• Read Chapter 2 of Gurnett & Bhattacharjee
• Homework #1

Week 2

Due Thursday, September 9, 2010.

• Read Sections 3.1-3.3 (p.23-39) of Gurnett & Bhattacharjee
• Homework #2

Week 3

Due Tuesday, September 21, 2010.

• Read Sections 3.4-3.8 (p.39-71) of Gurnett & Bhattacharjee
• Homework #3

Week 4

NOTE: NEW DUE DATE!
Due Tuessday, September 28, 2010.

• Read Sections 16.0 and 16.1 from Numerical Recipes.
• Read Introduction to Matlab by Kristian Sandberg. Note that a good brief resource for learning Matlab is Kristian Sandberg's Online Matlab Tutorial
• Homework #4

Week 5

Due Thursday, September 30, 2010.

• Homework #5

Week 6

Study for Midterm Exam I, to be given on Thursday, October 7, 2010.

Week 7

No homework this week after exam.

Week 8

Due Thursday, October 21, 2010.

• Reading: Gurnett & Bhattacharjee, Sec 5.1-5.4 (p.137-155), Sec 5.6-5.7 (p.162-169)
• Supplemental Reading (optional): Chen, Sections 5.6 (p.176-184), 7.1-7.3 (p.225-240), 3.1-3.3 (p.53-68)
• Homework #6

Week 9

Due Thursday, October 30, 2010.

• Reading: Gurnett & Bhattacharjee, Sec 6.1-6.4 (p.175-194)
• Supplemental Reading (optional): Chen, Sections 5.7 (p.184-186), 4.1-4.3 (p.79-86)
• Homework #7

Week 10

Due Thursday, November 4, 2010.

• Reading: Gurnett & Bhattacharjee, Sec 6.5 (p.195-204)
• Homework #8

Week 11

Study for Midterm Exam II, to be given on Thursday, November 11, 2010.

Week 12

No homework this week after exam.

Week 13

Due Thursday, December 2, 2010.

• Reading: Gurnett & Bhattacharjee, Sec 6.6 (p.204-219)
• Homework #9

Due Thursday, December 9, 2010 .

• Reading: Gurnett & Bhattacharjee, Sec 4.1-4.3 (p.75-94), Sec 5.5 (p.155-162)
• Supplemental Reading (optional): Chen, Sections 4.3-4.8 (p.82-100)
• Homework #10

Week 15

Study for Final Exam, to be given on Friday, December 19, 2008, from 2:15-4:15pm in 301 Van Allen Hall.