Homework for 029:194 Plasma Physics I (2008)

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Week 1

Due Tuesday, September 2, 2008.

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

Due Thursday, September 4, 2008,

Homework #1

Week 2

Due Thursday, September 11, 2008.

Read Sections 2.1-2.4 (p.19-39) of Chen
Homework #2

Week 3

Due Thursday, September 18, 2008.

Read Sections 2.5-2.8 (p.39-49) of Chen
Homework #3

Week 4

Due Thursday, September 25, 2008.

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, October 2, 2008.

Homework #5

Week 6

Study for Midterm Exam I, to be given on Thursday, October 9, 2008.

Week 7

No homework this week after exam.

Week 8

Due Thursday, October 23, 2008.

Read 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, 2008.

Read Chen, Sections 3.4-3.6 (p.68-77), 5.7 (p.184-186), 4.1-4.3 (p.79-86)
Homework #7

Week 10

Due Thursday, November 6, 2008.

Review last week's reading (or finish it if you haven't already)
Homework #8

Week 11

Due Thursday, November 13, 2008.

Homework #9

Week 12

Study for Midterm Exam II, to be given on Thursday, November 20, 2008.

Week 13