Institute for Fusion Theory and Simulation, Zhejiang University

IFTS Intensive Course on Advanced Plasma Physics-Spring 2010 Resonant and non-resonant interactions in beam-plasma systems Announcement

Lecture Plan and Teaching Material

Abstract: Prerequisite of the course is a preliminary knowledge of general plasma physics, fluid description of magnetized plasmas and kinetic theory. Most of the relevant introductory material can be found on the Lecture Notes from the IFTS Intensive Course on Advanced Plasma Physics-Spring 2009 Kinetic theory of meso- and micro-scale fluctuations in magnetic fusion plasmas.
 
General Remark: Part of the material contained in these lectures is unpublished and subject of active research. If you are interested in reproducing it, please quote the source and inform me of the use you intend to do of it. Please, inform me as well whether you are interested in undertaking research activities in the areas marked with RP (Research Projects), since some of these are research projects of IFTS students. Since these Lectures have been given at IFTS in Hangzhou for the first time, they may contain typos or inaccuracies: please, send me your remarks or suggestions to fulvio.zonca@enea.it.
 

Main areas that will be explored are:
i) The physics of beam-plasma system (I): wave-particle interactions and wave spectrum (Lecture 1)
ii) The physics of beam-plasma system (II): nonlinear behaviors (Lecture 2)
iii) Nonlinear Alfvén Eigenmode dynamics near marginal stability (Lecture 3)
iv) Beam modes in tokamaks: the fishbone burst cycle (Lecture 4)
v) Energetic Particle Modes and the notion of avalanche (Lecture 5)
vi) Nonlinear equilibria and long time scale behaviors (Lecture 6)
The FAST Proposal (Closing Seminar)

Sources: Large portions of these lecture notes (Lectures 1, 2, 3) are based on: T.M. O'Neil, Phys. Fluids 8 2255 (1965).
T.M. O'Neil and J.H. Malmberg, Phys. Fluids 11 1754 (1968).
T.M. O'Neil, J.H. Winfrey and J.H. Malmberg, Phys. Fluids 14 1204 (1971).
T.M. O'Neil and J.H. Winfrey, Phys. Fluids 15 1514 (1972).
H.L. Berk, B.N. Breizman and M. Pekker, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76 1256 (1996).
H.L. Berk, B.N. Breizman and N.V. Petiashvili, Phys. Lett. A 234 213 (1997).
 
Lectures 4,5 are based on unpublished work and:
F. Zonca, S. Briguglio, L. Chen, G. Fogaccia and G. Vlad, in Theory of Fusion Plasmas, pp. 17-30, J.W. Connor, O. Sauter and E. Sindoni (Eds.), SIF, Bologna, (2000). (download)
L. Chen, Z. Lin and R.B. White, Phys. Plasmas 7 3129 (2000).
F. Zonca, S. Briguglio, L. Chen, G. Fogaccia and G. Vlad, Nucl. Fusion 45 477 (2005). (download)
L. Chen, F. Zonca and Z. Lin, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 47 B71 (2005). (download)
F. Zonca, S. Briguglio, L. Chen, G. Fogaccia, T.S. Hahm, A.V. Milovanov and G. Vlad, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 48 B15 (2006) (download)
L. Chen and F. Zonca, Nucl. Fusion 47 S727 (2007) (download)
 
Lectures 6 is mostly based on L. Chen and F. Zonca, Nucl. Fusion 47 886 (2007). (download)
Important reading material: Prof. Liu Chen Lecture notes given at the Hefei 2008 Summer School and at Beijing University, September 2008. Lecture Notes from the IFTS Intensive Course on Advanced Plasma Physics-Spring 2009 Kinetic theory of meso- and micro-scale fluctuations in magnetic fusion plasmas.
 
Lecture Notes: Available in electronic form following the hyperlinks above. At the end of each lecture, a list of specific reading material is given explicitly. Should you have difficulty in finding literatures and papers, please contact me at fulvio.zonca@enea.it.
 
Exercises and Research Projects: In the lectures, both Exercises (E) and Research Projects (RP) of various difficulty levels are suggested.
 

DOWNLOAD ACROBAT READER