Description:

The course introduces the students to the field of transport phenomena. The concept of a distribution function, Boltzmann equation,
and H theorem are discussed. The general concepts and approaches are applied specifically to problems of plasma physics.

Contents:

1. Microscopic description of a large ensemble of particles
2. Liouville equation
3. Fluctuation-dissipation theorem
4. Theory of linear response for a ensemble of charged particles
5. Boltzmanns equation
6. H theorem
7. Applications of Boltzmann's equation
8. Molecular potentials and generalizations of Boltzmann's equation
9. BBGKY hierarchy
10. Methods for solvinf Boltzmann's equation
11. Fokker-Planck equation
12. Quantum kinetic equations

Recommended literature:

Key references:
[1] Landau L.D., Lifsic, Theoretical physics X, Nauka Moskva 2004 (in russian)

Recommended references:
[1] Kvasnica J.: Statistical physics, Academia Praha, 2003 (in czech)
[2] Kracík J., Šesták B., Aubrecht L.: Fundamentals of classical and quantum plasma physics,
Academia Praha, 1974, (in czech)
[3] Jaeckle J., Introduction to transport theory, Vieweg
Braunschweig, 1982 (in german)
[4] A. I. Burshtein, Introduction to thermodynamics and kinetics theory of matter, Wiley, Weinheim, 2005

Keywords:

distribution functions, transport phenomena

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar