Course Aims: to learn about fundamental space plasma physics, the solar wind and its interaction with solar-system bodies.

The course focuses on plasmas in...

Space Plasma and Magnetospheric Physics (SS109) (SPCE0005)

Course Aims: to learn about fundamental space plasma physics, the solar wind and its interaction with solar-system bodies.

The course focuses on plasmas in the solar system that are being studied with in-situ spacecraft. We use near-Earth space as the primary example for a space plasma environment. On completion of this course, students will be able to:

Explain what a plasma is
	Describe the motion of a charged particle in various electric and magnetic field configurations, and to discuss the adiabatic invariants
	Describe the different behaviour of charged particles in the Earth's radiation belts
	Understand the basic concepts of kinetic plasma physics and its application
	Understand basic magnetohydrodynamics
	Describe the solar wind, the interplanetary magnetic field, and collisionless shock waves
	Describe the solar-wind interaction with magnetised bodies, concentrating on the case of the Earth and its magnetosphere
	Describe the concepts of the closed and open models of magnetospheres and magnetospheric dynamics
	Perform calculations in the above areas

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