EC ENGR 285A

Plasma Waves and Instabilities

Electrical and Computer Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Wave phenomena in plasmas described by macroscopic fluid equations. Microwave propagation, plasma oscillations, ion acoustic waves, cyclotron waves, hydromagnetic waves, drift waves. Rayleigh/Taylor, Kelvin/Helmholtz, universal, and streaming instabilities. Application to experiments in fully and partially ionized gases.

Letter grading.

Requisites

Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 101A, and M185 or Physics M122.

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all of

EC ENGR 101A
one of
- EC ENGR M185
- PHYSICS M122

Requires

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EC ENGR 285A

EC ENGR 101AEngineering Electromagnetics
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
  - MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus1 more beneath
- PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity
  - MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variablesanother path to it

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EC ENGR 285A

EC ENGR 285BAdvanced Plasma Waves and Instabilities

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