Abstract: Prerequisite of the course is a preliminary knowledge of general plasma physics and classical mechanics. Part II of this course is meant to serve complementing the first part of the course, given by Prof. Yong Xiao, and to introduce fundamental concepts in non-linear charged particle dynamics.
Link to details: https://www.afs.enea.it/zonca/references/seminars/IFTS_spring25/
Time and Location: Lectures (2:15pm-3:55pm) will be held at IFTS on May 19-21-26-28 and June 2-4, with corresponding Q&A Sessions (6pm-7pm) of the same days.
Classroom:
| Date | May 19 | May 21 | May 26 | May 28 | June 2 | June 4 |
| Classroom | 323 | 319 | 323 | 319 | 323 | 319 |
Main areas that will be explored are:
i) Overview of basic concepts in Hamiltonian mechanics (Lecture 1)
ii) Notions of integrable, near integrable and dissipative systems (Lecture 2)
iii) Classical perturbation theory (Lecture 3)
iv) Secular perturbation theory (Lecture 4)
v) Mappings and linear stability (Lecture 5)
vi) Transition to global stochasticity (Lecture 6)
Sources: Large portions of these lecture notes are based on the book by A. J. Lichtenberg and M. A. Lieberman, Regular and Chaotic Dynamics, Second Edition, Springer (2010).
Lecture Notes: Available in electronic form. At the end of each lecture and during the Q&A time, a list of specific reading material is given explicitly. Should you have difficulty in finding literatures and papers, please contact me at fulvio.zonca@enea.it.
Exercises: In the lecture notes, Exercises (E) of various difficulty levels are suggested. These are meant to be important part of the lectures themselves.
