INFORMATION
Texts:
Introduction
to Space Physics, by Kivelson and Russell, Cambridge Univ
Press, 1995 (Chapter 1
- see here for
Figure 1.17)
Fundamentals
of Space Physics, (14 Mb) by Hughes, 2016
See the syllabus for more
detailed information.
Handouts
Crimaldi "A Primer on
Index Notation"
Reynolds "Fluids: A brief
introduction" (version 2)
Fried "Introduction
to plasma physics" (see also "Intro to Plasmas"
by Hutchinson)
Naval Research Laboratory "Plasma Formulary"
Chen "Intro to Plasma Physics, Ch 1"
Mini-project - Magnetic storm essay
Report
template (LaTeX
source)
Odenwald/Green
Burch
Holman
Project 1 - Sunspot cycle analysis
Background reading:
Galileo's
sunspot drawings
Snodgrass & Ulrich 1990 "Rotation
of Doppler features in the solar photosphere"
Solar
cycle progression from NOAA Space Weather Prediction
Center
Relevant files and websites:
Report
instructions (LaTeX
source) (final version)
Historical
sunspot numbers from SIDC
Discrete
Fourier transform from Numerical Recipes
sunspots.m - basic Matlab
source to read and plot running average (final version)
Project 2 - Charged particle dynamics
Relevant files
Report
instructions (LaTeX
source) - Steps 3 and 4 to be added lates
ParticlePush.m
Problems
LINKS
Best movies
from Soho
Space physics books
in the ERAU library:
The Solar-Terrestrial Environment /
Hargreaves - QC 879
H278 1992
Other relevant books in the
ERAU library:
Introduction to Electrodyamics /
Griffiths - QC680 .G74 1999
Online tutorials
The
exploration of the Earth's magnetosphere
The
interplanetary magnetic field
PAPERS
Akasofu, 2011 "A historical review of the
geomagnetic storm-producing plasma flows from the Sun" pdf
Daglis et al.,1999 "The terrestrial ring current: Origin,
formation, and decay" pdf
Howard, 1975 "The rotation of the sun" pdf
Owens and Forsyth, 2013 "The heliospheric magnetic field" online
Helge Kragh 2009 "The green line: a chapter in the history of
auroral physics" pdf