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Lecture 1: Plasma on the Back of an Envelope — posted 01 October 2018
Lecture 2: Basic Collective Dynamics and Wave Energy — posted 04 October 2018
Lecture 2 Supplement: Variational Thoery of Wave Adiabatics — posted 04 October 2018
Lecture 3: Nonlinear Waves I — Gas Dynamic Shocks — posted 08 October 2018
Lecture 3 Supplement: Energy Production — posted 11 October 2018
Lecture 4: Nonlinear Waves II — Ion-Acoustic Solitons — posted 11 October 2018
Lecture 5: Kinetics — A Crash Course, I — posted 15 October 2018
Lecture 6: Kinetics — A Crash Course, II — posted 18 October 2018
Supplementary Notes: From Liouville to Fokker–Planck — posted 18 October 2018
Lecture 7: The Vlasov Equation — posted 22 October 2018
Lecture 8: Collisionless Plasma Waves and Landau Damping I — posted 22 October 2018
Lecture 9: Landau Damping II — Formal Theory — posted 29 October 2018
Lecture 10: Test Particle Model and Fluctuations at Equilibrium — posted 29 October 2018
Supplementary Notes: Notes on Thermal Equilibrium Fluctuations and Relaxation — posted 29 October 2018
Lecture 11a: Homogenization and Single Wave Nonlinear Evolution — posted 15 November 2018
Lecture 11b: Single Wave Trapping — posted 19 November 2018
Lecture 12: Relaxation, Instabilities, and Landau Equation — posted 19 November 2018
Lectures 13-15: Quasilinear Theory and its Applications — posted 26 November 2018
Lectures 16, 17: Overview of Nonlinear Plasma Phenomena; Overview of Langmuir Turbulence — posted 03 December 2018
Book Chapter: Disparate Scale Interactions — posted 03 December 2018
Lecture 18: Nonlinear WaveÓParticle Interaction — posted 06 December 2018
Lecture 1: Plasmas on the Back-of-an-Envelope - posted 10 January 2017
Lecture 2: Elementary Plasma Waves - posted 17 January 2017
Lecture 3: Wave Energy and Momentum, Negative Energy Waves - posted 17 January 2017
Variational Approach to Wave Action --
Adiabatic Theory and Wave Action Density and Notes on Wave Action Density and Modulations - posted 17 January 2017
Lecture 4: Basics of Equilibrium Fluctuations - Fluctuation Dissipation Theorem - posted 17 January 2017
Lectures 4-5: Kinetic Theory of Plasma Waves and Physics of Landau Damping - posted 17 January 2017
Lecture 5-Supplement: Vlasov Equation, Meaning and Origin - posted 23 January 2017
Lectures 5-6: Formal Theory of Landau Damping - posted 23 January 2017
Lecture 6: Thermal Equilibrium and Test Particle Model 1 - posted 23 January 2017
Lecture 7: Thermal Equilibrium Spectrum - posted 30 January 2017Lecture 7: Supplement: Supplementary Notes on Thermal Equilibrium - posted 30 January 2017
Lecture 8: Transport 1A-Boltzmann Equation and H-Theorem - posted 30 January 2017
Lecture 8: Transport 1B-Landau Collision Integral - posted 30 January 2017
Lecture 8c: Screening Effects on Landau Collision Integral - posted 1 February 2017
Lectures 9-10a: Basics of Diffusion - posted 6 February 2017
Lectures 9-10b: Kinetic Equations with Flocus on Fokker-Planck - posted 6 February 2017
Lectures 9-10c: Another Look at Fokker-Planck - posted 6 February 2017
Lecture 10: Rosenbluth Potentials - posted 8 February 2017
Lectures 11-12: Transport Miscellany: Dreicer Field and Collective Enhancement - posted 13 February 2017
Lectures 12-13: Basics of Quasilinear Theory - posted 13 February 2017
Sweet-Parker Reconnection - posted 1 March 2017
Overview of Quasilinear Theory - posted 1 March 2017
Guide to Posts on Hamiltonian Chaos - posted 1 March 2017
Basics of Nonlinear Phenomena - posted 1 March 2017
Basics of Turbulence - posted 1 March 2017
Deriving the Zakharov Equations - posted 1 March 2017
Introduction to Langmuir Turbulence - posted 1 March 2017
Detailed Notes on Turbulence - posted 7 March 2017
Lectures 1-2: Plasmas on the Back-of-an-Envelope - posted 08 January 2015
Lectures 1-2: Basic Plasma Waves - posted 07 January 2016
Lecture 3: Wave Energy and Momentum - REposted 13 January 2016
Variational Approach to Wave Action --
Adiabatic Theory and Wave Action Density and Notes on Wave Action Density and Modulations - posted 11 January 2016
Lecture 4: Basics of Collisions - posted 13 January 2016
Lecture 4: Thermal Equilibrium Basics - REposted 25 January 2016
Lecture 5: Kinetic Theory of Waves and Landau Damping - posted 25 January 2016
Lecture 6: Formal Theory of Landau Damping - posted 25 January 2016
Lectures 7-8: Test Particle Model of Thermal Equilibrium - I - posted 27 January 2016
Lectures 7-8: Test Particle Model - Fluctuation Spectrum - II - REPOSTED 1 February 2016
Lectures 7-8: Test Particle Model of Thermal Equilibrium - III - posted 27 January 2017
Lectures 9-10: Transport 1 - posted 2 February 2016
Transport 1, Addendum: Screening Effects in Landau Collision Operator - posted 3 February 2016
Lectures 9-10: Transport and Diffusion Basics - posted 2 February 2016
Lectures 9-10: OV of Kinetic Equations - posted 2 February 2016
Lecture 11a: Transport - posted 16 February 2016
Lecture 11b: Transport - posted 16 February 2016
Lectures 12-13: Basics of Quasilinear Theory - posted 16 February 2016
Lectures 12-13: On the 'Quasilinear Theory' of the Vlasov Plasma: Status of Dynamical Friction and Subcritical Growth Theory - P.H. Diamond - posted 17 February 2016
Lectures 12-13: Guide to Material on Hamiltonian Chaos - posted 17 February 2016
Lectures 14-15: Nonlinear Plasma I - Basics of Turbulence - posted 22 February 2016
OV of Nonlinear Phenomena - posted 29 February 2016
Lectures 14-15: Nonlinear Plasma I - Detailed Notes on Turbulence - posted 22 February 2016
Lectures 16-17: Nonlinear Plasma II - Introduction to Langmuir Turbulence - posted 29 February 2016
Lectures 17-18: Langmuir Turbulence II - posted 7 March 2016
Lectures 3-4-5: Linear R.-T. and ICF Background - Reposted 27 January 2015
Lectures 5-6-7: Nonlinear R.-T. - Layzer Solution - Bubble Penetration - Multi-Bubbles/Mix - Reposted 27 January 2015
Misc -- Spherical R.-T. - Supplement - posted 27 January 2015
Lectures 8-9: Thermal Equilibrium, Test Particle Model and Landau Damping-I - posted 27 January 2015
Lectures 8-9: Thermal Equilibrium, Test Particle Model and Landau Damping-II - posted 27 January 2015
Lectures 8-9: Thermal Equilibrium, Test Particle Model and Landau Damping-III - posted 27 January 2015
Lectures 8-9: Thermal Equilibrium, Test Particle Model and Landau Damping-IV - posted 27 January 2015
Lecture 10: Waves and Instabilities - posted 4 February 2015
Lectures 11-12: Quasilinear Theory - posted 9 February 2015
Intro to Transport and Relaxation - Reposted 25 February 2015
Lectures 13-14: Kinetic Equations - posted 11 February 2015
Lectures 15-16: Collision Theory and Rosenbluth Potentials - posted 20 February 2015
Lectures 15-16: Collision Theory - posted 24 February 2015
Lecture 17: Disparate Scale Interaction - posted 20 February 2015
-- Chapter 7 (D-I-I)
-- Diamond-Hong Notes
See also Falkovich
Self-Focusing Notes - posted 23 February 2015
Lecture 18: DSI-Diamond and Hong - posted 20 February 2015
Lectures 19-20: Chapter 5 (D-I-I) - posted 23 February 2015