Readings from your textbook (Gombosi) is noted in bold, along with additional material from texts on reserve at Grainger Library. Not all topics covered in this course are sufficiently addressed by Gombosi, so we may make some of the readings listed here (and some which aren’t) available to you in advance of a particular lecture based on that material. Your HW will be based exclusively on material presented in lecture, which will be drawn from many sources, including those not listed here. It is your responsibility to attend all lectures to ensure that you have sufficient resources with which to complete your HW.
|
Date |
Lecture |
Reading from texts |
HW |
Supplemental Materials |
|
8/29
|
Course overview Single particle motions in constant E and B fields |
Gombosi: 1.1 – 1.2 Cravens: 3.1 – 3.4 Chen: Ch. 2 |
|
|
|
8/31 |
Single particle motion in non-uniform fields Adiabatic invariants |
Gombosi 1.3-1.4 Cravens: 3.5-3.9 Chen: Ch. 2 |
|
|
|
9/5 |
Kinetic theory I: Phase space distribution function Boltzmann equation Transport equations |
Gombosi: Ch. 2 Cravens: 2.1 – 2.3 Chen: Ch. 7 S&N: Ch. 3 |
HW 1 due |
|
|
9/7 |
Kinetic Theory II: Collisions Basic plasma processes |
Gombosi: Ch. 2, Ch. 3 Cravens: 2.6 S&N: Ch. 4, 2.7 Chen: Ch. 7, Ch. 1 |
|
|
|
9/12 |
Fluid conservation equations
|
Gombosi: Ch. 4 Cravens: 2.4, 4.1 – 4.7 Chen: Ch. 3 S&N: 3.2, Ch. 7 |
Lecture 5 | |
|
9/14 |
MHD theory |
Gombosi: Ch. 4 Cravens: 2.4, 4.1 – 4.7 Chen: Ch. 3 S&N: 3.2, Ch. 7
|
HW 2 due | Lecture 6 |
|
9/19 |
Plasma waves I |
Gombosi: 5.1-5.6 Cravens: 4.8 Chen: Ch. 5 S&N: 6.1-6.4, 7.8 |
HW 3 due | |
|
9/21 |
Plasma waves II |
Gombosi: 5.6-5.9 Cravens: 4.8 Chen: Ch. 5 S&N: 6.1-6.4, 7.8
|
Lecture 8 | |
|
9/26 |
Plasma waves III
|
Chen: Ch: 6 S&N: 6.12-6.13
|
HW 4 due | |
|
9/28 |
Shocks and discontinuities
|
Gombosi: Ch. 6 Cravens: 4.9 S&N: 7.9 |
Lecture 10 | |
|
10/3 |
The sun |
Gombosi: Ch. 11 Cravens: Ch. 5
|
HW 5 due | Lecture 11 |
|
10/5 |
NO LECTURE: Exam 1 |
|||
|
10/10 |
The Solar Wind
|
Gombosi: Ch. 12 Cravens: Ch. 6
|
Lecture 12 | |
|
10/12 |
Solar wind interaction with solar system bodies Bow shocks, reconnection |
Gombosi: 14.1-14.2 Cravens: 4.10, Ch. 7 |
Lecture 13 | |
|
10/17 |
The earth's magnetosphere |
Gombosi: 14.3-14.4 Cravens: 8.1-8.5 |
Lecture 14 | |
|
10/24 |
Geomagnetic storms I |
Gombosi: 14.6 Cravens: 8.6 |
Lecture 15 | |
|
10/26 |
The earth's upper atmosphere |
Gombosi: 10.1-10.5 Cravens: 7.3 S&N: Ch. 9 |
||
|
10/31 |
The earth's ionosphere: photoionization |
Gombosi: 10.1-10.5 Cravens: 7.3 S&N: Ch. 9 |
||
|
11/2 |
The earth's ionosphere: diffusive transport |
Gombosi: 10.6-10.9 S&N: Ch. 9 |
Lecture 18 | |
|
11/7 |
The earth's ionosphere: layer formation |
S&N: 10.11-10.13 |
Lecture 19 | |
|
11/9 |
Ionospheric energetics |
Gombosi: 14.5 Cravens: 8.5 S&N: 12.1-12.6 |
HW 8 due (Nov. 13) | Lecture 20 |
|
11/14 |
Low-and mid-latitude ionospheric electrodynamics |
Gombosi: 14.5 Cravens: 8.5 |
||
|
11/16 |
Dynamos and instabilities |
Gombosi: 14.6 Cravens: 8.6 S&N: 12.14-12.18 |
||
|
11/21 11/23 |
NO LECTURE: Winter Break NO LECTURE: Winter Break |
|||
|
11/28 |
Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling I |
Gombosi: 14.6 Cravens: 8.6 S&N: 12.14-12.18 |
||
|
11/30 |
Geomagnetic storm effects on ionosphere and neutral atmosphere |
|||
|
12/5 |
NO LECTURE: EXAM 2 |
|||
|
12/7 |
Numerical modeling of space plasmas |
|||
|
12/12 |
NO LECTURE (Rescheduled during final presentations) |