Summer semester 2012

  Jörg Büchner and Volker Bothmer

Physics of the Sun, Heliosphere and Space Weather - Key Knowledge

When?

  ... on Tuesdays, 10:15 - 11:45 AM

Where?

North Campus, Physics faculty building Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, Astrophysical Institute, Level 5 (by foot from level 4) room F 05.104

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17.04. Introduction / Heliospheric Space Weather

24.04. MHD – Introduction

08.05. Space Weather in Geospace

15.05. MHD waves

22.05. Space weather impacts on telecommunication and navigation systems

05.06. Kinetic plasma physics

12.06. Solar Superstorms and Power Outages

19.06. Plasma waves

26.06. Space Weather Instruments, Missions and Projects

03.07. Collisions transport shocks

10.07. Examination in Lecture Room: SR17. *Or different date, if jointly agreed upon.

Literatur:
• Aschwanden, M. "Physics of the Solar Corona", Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 2005. ISBN 3-540-223221-5


• Bothmer, V. and I.A. Daglis (eds.) “Space Weather – Physics and Effects”, Springer Praxis Books, 2006, XXXVIII, 490 p.


• Büchner, J.; Axford, S.I.; Marsch, E.; Vasyliunas, V. Plasma Astrophysics and Space Physics, Springer, 1998, 772 p.


• Büchner, Jörg; Dum, Christian; Scholer, Manfred (Eds.) Space Plasma Simulation; Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 615, Springer 2003, 351 p.


• Prölss, G.W. "Physics of the Earth's Space Environment", Springer Berlin (July 2004); also available in German: Physik des erdnahen Weltraums - Eine Einführung Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, 2. Aufl., 2004. ISBN: 3-540-40088-5


• Scherer, K., H. Fichtner, B. Heber, U. Mall (eds.) "Space Weather - The Physics Behind a Slogan" Lecture Notes in Physics 656, Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, 2005. ISBN: 3-540-22907-8 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York DOI: 10.1007/b100037


• Stix, M. "The Sun: An Introduction", Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, 2nd edition 2002.


Necessary Knowledge (Voraussetzungen / Vorkenntnisse):

• Basic Physics Courses / Grundkurse der Physik

Participants ( Teilnehmerkreis/Zielgruppe):

• Bachelor und Master Students of Physics, Geophysics, Astrophysics and PHD students (Studierende der Physik, Geophysik, Astrophysik sowie Doktoranden.

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Updated: April 14, 2012