Timetable for the 2000 School of Physics Course "Solar and Space Physics"
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Date Event Relevant Information
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Mon. 28 Feb Semester starts
Wed 1 Mar Lecture 1 - Plasma Drifts (IHC)
Thurs 2 Mar Lecture 2 - Distribution functions, (AJW)
fluid + MHD theory
Wed 8 Mar Lecture 3 - Shocks & Acceleration (MW)
Thurs 9 Mar Lecture 4 - Basic Sun (MW)
Wed 15 Mar Lecture 5 - Heating of Corona (MW)
Thurs 16 Mar Lecture 6 - Formation of Solar Wind (MW)
Wed 22 Mar Lecture 7 - Solar Activity (MW)
Thurs 23 Mar Lecture 8 - Plasma Waves I (AJW)
Wed 29 Mar Lecture 9 - Plasma Waves II (AJW)
Thurs 30 Mar Lecture 10 - Interplanetary Physics (IHC)
Wed 5 Apr Lecture 11 - Variability of Solar Wind (IHC)
Thurs 6 Apr Lecture 12 - Bowshock & Magnetosheath (IHC)
Wed 12 Apr Lecture 13 - Foreshock & Magnetopause (IHC)
Thurs 13 Apr Lecture 14 - Earth's Magnetosphere (IHC)
Wed 19 Apr NO LECTURE for SSP only!! IHC & AJW away at
Thurs 20 Apr NO LECTURE for SSP only!! meetings in Europe.
Wed 26 Apr EASTER BREAK (starts at end of Thursday 20)
Thurs 27 Apr IHC away until 2 May.
Wed 3 May Lecture 15 - Space Weather (IHC)
Thurs 4 May Lecture 16 - Ionospheric Physics (IHC)
Wed 10 May Lecture 17 - Auroral Physics (IHC)
Thurs 11 May Lecture 18 - Jupiter, Io, Ganymede and (AJW)
their magnetospheres
Wed 17 May Lecture 19 - Comparative magnetospheres (AJW)
and bow shocks
Thurs 18 May Lecture 20 - Outer Heliosphere (IHC)
AGU Meeting and research visits - IHC overseas Sat 27 May to
Sun 11 June.
Mon 7 June STUVAC starts
Mon 12 June Examinations start.