====== PHY 424: Atmospheric and Space Physics ======

===== - Content =====
^ Chapter ^ # ^ Topic ^ Week ^
| 1. Introduction | 1.1 | [[un:Space physics]] | 1 |
|:::| 1.2 | [[un:Solar system]] | 1 |
|:::| 1.3 | [[un:Plasma]] | 2 |
|:::| 1.4 | [[un:Solar wind]] | 2 |
|:::| 1.5 | [[un:Magnetosphere]] | 2 |
| 2. Single particle motion | 2.1 | [[un:em-equations|Electromagnetic field equations]] | 3 |
|:::| 2.2 | [[un:em-gyration|Electromagnetic gyration]] | 4, 5 |
|:::| 2.3 | [[un:electric-drift|Electric drift]] | 6 |
|:::| 2.4 | [[un:magnetic-drift|Magnetic drift]] | 7 |
|:::| 2.5 | [[un:Adiabatic invariants]] | 8 |
| 3. Trapped particles | 3.1 | [[un:Magnetic dipole field]]  | 9 |
|:::| 3.2 | [[un:Bounce motion]] | 9 |
|:::| 3.3 | [[un:Drift motion]] | 10 |
|:::| 3.4 | [[un:Ring current]] | 10 |
| 4. Collisions and conduction | 4.1 | [[un:Collisions in plasma]] | 11 |
|:::| 4.2 | [[un:Plasma conductivity]] | 11 |
|:::| 4.3 | [[un:Ionosphere]] | 11 |
|:::| 4.4 | [[un:Ionospheric conductivity]] | 12 |
|:::| 4.5 | [[un:Ionospheric current]] | 12 |
|:::| 4.6 | [[un:Aurora]] | 12 |
| 5. Convection and storms | 5.1 |  |  |
| 6. Space mission design | 6.1 |  |  |
| 7. Chandra X-ray Observatory | 7.1 |  |  |

===== - Assessment =====
^ Type ^ Assessment ^ Marks ^ Total ^
| Continuous | Attendance | 10 | 50 |
|:::| Punctuality | 10 |:::|
|:::| Python projects | 30 |:::|
| Summative | Midterm viva | 25 | 50 |
|:::| Final viva | 25 |:::|

===== - Textbooks =====
  - W Baumjohann & RA Treumann, //Basic Space Plasma Physics//, Imperial College Press, 1997.
  - MG Kivelson & CT Russell, //[[https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/introduction-to-space-physics/BA017948E00BF032AA06D8D2BFD8062F#overview|Introduction to Space Physics]]//, Cambridge University Press, 1995.