Individual
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Study programme |
Master
studies in physics |
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Chosen research area (module) |
Theoretical
and Experimental Physics |
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Nature and level of studies |
Academic
studies, Master degree |
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Name of the course |
Basics
of Experimental Methods in Physics of Ionized Gases |
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Professor (lectures) |
Srdjan
Bukvić |
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Professor/associate (examples/practical) |
Miloš
Skočić |
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Professor/associate (additional) |
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ECTS |
10 |
Status
(required/elective) |
elective |
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Access requirements |
Physics
of ionized gases or Theoretical Plasma Physics |
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Aims of the course |
This
is a course with emphasis on studying basic experimental methods in physics
of ionized gases |
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Learning outcomes |
Mastering
modern experimental techniques and understending physical background of
techniques common in physics of ionized gases. |
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Contents of the course |
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Lectures |
Plasma
in thermodynamic equilibrium (TE). Temperature in TE. Local Thermodynamic
Equilibrium (LTE). Electron energy distribution function. Electron
temperature. Excitation temperature. Electric discharge plasma. Other sorts
of plasma. Plasma diagnostics. Continuous spectrum. Line Spectrum. Electron
temperature determination based on continuous spectrum. Electron temperature
determination based on relative intensities of spectral lines. Boltzmann
plot. Saha- Boltzmann plot. Self-absorption issue. Inverse Abel transform.
Electron density determination based on the shape of spectral lines. Laser
interferometry based electron density determination. Doppler shift as a
diagnostic tool. Optogalvanic spectroscopy. Laser induced fluorescence (LIF).
LIF based determination of excited states density. |
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Examples/ practical classes |
Laboratory
work: Introduction to basic properties of a modern spectrograph. Wavelength
and radiometric calibration of the spectrograph. Spectral line intensity.
Electron temperature estimation: Boltzmann plot method, Saha-Boltzman method.
Check for existence of LTE. Radially symetric plasma source. Dopler shift in
radially symetric plasma source. Abel
inversion. Spectral line shape and interferometry in electron density
estimation. |
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Recommended books |
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1 |
Venugopala
M. Reactions under plasma conditions, Wiley – Interscience, 1990. |
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J.A.M.
van der MULLEN, EXCITATION EQUILIBRIA IN PLASMAS; A CLASSIFICATION,
North-Holland 1989. |
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3 |
A.A.
Ovsyannikov, M.F. Zhukov Plasma Diagnostics, Cambridge International Science
Publishing, 2005 |
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T.
Fujimoto, Plasma Spectroscopy, Clarendon press, Oxford, 2004. |
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Selected
review papers |
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6 |
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Number of classes (weekly) |
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Lectures |
Examples&practicals |
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Student
project |
Additional |
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6 |
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Teaching and learning methods |
Lectures,
Discussions, Writen assignments, Seminar, Laboratory demonstrations |
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Assessment (maximal 100) |
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assesed coursework |
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examination |
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coursework |
20 |
written
examination |
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practicals |
20 |
oral
examination |
40 |
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papers |
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presentations |
20 |
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