PHY 424: Atmospheric and Space Physics

1. Content

Chapter	#	Topic	Week
1. Introduction	1.1	Space physics	1
	1.2	Solar system	1
	1.3	Plasma	2
	1.4	Solar wind	2
	1.5	Magnetosphere	2
	1.6	Ionosphere	2
2. Single particle motion	2.1	Electromagnetic field equations	3
	2.2	Electromagnetic gyration	3
	2.3	Electric drift	4
	2.4	Magnetic drift	4
	2.5	Adiabatic invariants	6
3. Trapped particles	3.1
4. Collisions and conduction	4.1
5. Convection and storms	5.1
6. Space mission design	6.1
7. Chandra X-ray Observatory	7.1

Type	Assessment	Marks	Total
Continuous	Attendance	10	50
	Punctuality	10
	Python projects	30
Summative	Midterm viva	25	50
Summative	Final viva	25	50

W Baumjohann & RA Treumann, Basic Space Plasma Physics, Imperial College Press, 1997.
MG Kivelson & CT Russell, Introduction to Space Physics, Cambridge University Press, 1995.