Generals

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Generals consist of two 4 hour written tests and an oral exam. The following are solutions to past written exams.

An unknown graduate student (rumored to be Tim Gray) produced the following extensive generals study guide.

Contents 1 2005 2 2004 3 2003 4 2002 5 2001 6 2000 7 1999 8 1998

[edit] 2005

Part I

• Question 1: Asymptotic methods
• Question 2: Experimental methods
• Question 3: General phenomena
• Question 4: Neoclassical theory
• Question 5: Irreversible Processes

Part II

• Question 1: MHD
• Question 2: Kinetic quickies
• Question 3A: Waves quickie
• Question 3B: Irreversible quickie
• Question 4: Waves - long problem
• Question 5: Thomson scattering
• Question 6: Experimental probes
• Question 7: Mirror orbits

[edit] 2004

Part I

• Question 1: Experimental Diagnostics long
• Question 2: Experimental Diagnostics quickie
• Question 3: Neoclassical Theory
• Question 4: Kinetic Waves Quickie
• Question 5: Waves Quickie
• Question 6: MHD Quickie
• Question 7: General Phenomena

Part II

• Question 1: Basic Plasma quickie
• Question 2: Irreversible Processes
• Question 3: Laboratory in Plasma Physics
• Question 4: Math
• Question 5: General Plasmas - Planar Diode

[edit] 2003

Part I

• Question 1: Experimental Quickie
• Question 2: General Phenomena
• Question 3: MHD Equilibrium and Stability
• Question 4: Waves Long Problem
• Question 5: Waves Quickie
• Question 6: Math Quickie
• Question 7: Classical Transport

Part II

• Question 1A: Computational Methods
• Question 1B: Experimental Methods
• Question 2: Neoclassical Theory
• Question 3: Plasma Diagnostics
• Question 4: Irreversible Processes
• Question 5: Math
• Question 6: Single Particle Motion

[edit] 2002

Part I

• Question 1: Slab Equilibrium
• Question 2: Math
• Question 3: Kinetic Theory
• Question 4A: Waves Quickie
• Question 4B: Waves Quickie
• Question 5: Tokamak Radiation
• Question 6: Single Particle Motion

Part II

• Question 1: Irreversible Processes and Transport
• Question 2A: Experimental Quickie
• Question 2B: Experimental Quickie
• Question 3: Math Quickie
• Question 4: Relativistic Electron
• Question 5: Neoclassical
• Question 6: Force balance
• Question 7: Waves

[edit] 2001

Part II

• Question 1: Irreversible Processes and Transport
• Question 2: Math quickie
• Question 3: Experimental Plasma Physics
• Question 4: Mirror Orbits
• Question 5: Waves
• Question 6A: Basic Plasma Physics Quickie
• Question 6B: Basic Plasma Physics Quickie

[edit] 2000

Part II

• Question 1: Magnetic field diffusion quickie
• Question 2: Parametric applied math
• Question 3: Bernstein wave
• Question 4: Nonlinear dynamics
• Question 5: Diagnostics
• Question 6A: Wave quickie
• Question 6B: Tokamak essay

[edit] 1999

Part I

• Question 1: Whistler Waves
• Question 2: Irreversible Processes
• Question 3: Experimental
• Question 4A: Mathematical Method
• Question 4B: Mathematical Method
• Question 5: Drift Waves

[edit] 1998

Part II

• Question 6: Wave Quickie
• Question 7: Computational Quickie
• Question 8: Magnetohydrodynamics
• Question 9: Basic Plasma Physics
• Question 10: Transport
• Question 11: Experimental Methods