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Course Name	Turkish	Uzay Uygulamaları için Plazma Teorisi
	English	Plasma Theory for Space Applications
Course Code	UUM 538E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Cuma Yarım
Course Objectives		To study the interaction between the spacecraft and plasma environment To study the principles of the plasma devices (like the propulsion systems) to be used in spacecraft. To inform the student about the fundamental plasma theory for understanding of the basic physical problems in space environment and the celestial bodies
Course Description		Propulsion. Energy conversion/production, Space applications such as space sciences and astrophysics. Interaction of the electrical charges with the magnetic fields. Ionization and collision phenomena. Introduction to plasma kinetic theory. Liouville, Vlasov and Boltzmann equations. Transport properties of the plasmas. Plasma flow, shock waves, boundary layers. Wave and radiation phenomena in plasma
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