The Stuyvesant High School Online Course Guide

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Course Description
An introductory laboratory course on the subject of plasma physics with a focus on the laboratory techniques used to measure and control the properties and behavior of plasma. The laboratory course will include an introduction into the nature of vacuum, and will cover the various types of discharges and experimental techniques used in the study of plasma physics. Students will learn about debye shielding, plasma frequencies, collision rates, mean-free paths, atomic processes, adiabatic invariance, ambipolar diffusion, plasma heating, and magnetic confinement.

Details and pre/co-requisites:
A mastery level achievement on the physics regents; at least 90% in SP1/SP2. Co-requisites: Advanced Placement Physics, B Level.