Fall 2012
AOSS 747 STUDENT SEMINAR
Prerequisite: none (1 credits)
Students take turns presenting short research seminars (20 minutes) and/or short talks introducing upcoming speakers in AOSS 749. Some class time will also be devoted to discussions of effective oral and poster presentations and professional ethics.
Winter 2013
AOSS 595 MAGNETOSPHERE AND SOLAR WIND
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing (3 credits)
Textbook: Introduction to Space Physics by M. G. Kivelson and C. T. Russell
General principles of magnetohydrodynamics; theory of expanding solar atmosphere; properties of solar wind; interaction of solar wind with the magnetosphere of the Earth and other planets; bow shock and magnetotail, trapped particles, auroras.
Fall 2013
AOSS 501-001 PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES JOURNAL CLUB
Prerequisites: None (1 credit)
Students take turns presenting and critiquing articles from the the scientific literature; underlying physical processes and investigative approaches are discussed.
Winter 2014
AOSS 501-001 PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES JOURNAL CLUB
Prerequisites: None (1 credit)
Students take turns presenting and critiquing articles from the the scientific literature; underlying physical processes and investigative approaches are discussed.
Fall 2014
AOSS 501-001 PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES JOURNAL CLUB
Prerequisites: None (1 credit)
Students take turns presenting and critiquing articles from the the scientific literature; underlying physical processes and investigative approaches are discussed.AOSS 595 Magnetosphere and Solar Wind Prerequisite: Graduate Standing (3 credits) Textbook: Introduction to Space Physics by M. G. Kivelson and C. T. Russell General principles of magnetohydrodynamics; theory of expanding solar atmosphere; properties of solar wind; interaction of solar wind with the magnetosphere of the Earth and other planets; bow shock and magnetotail, trapped particles, auroras.
AOSS 595 MAGNETOSPHERE AND SOLAR WIND
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing (3 credits)
Textbook: Introduction to Space Physics by M. G. Kivelson and C. T. Russell
General principles of magnetohydrodynamics; theory of expanding solar atmosphere; properties of solar wind; interaction of solar wind with the magnetosphere of the Earth and other planets; bow shock and magnetotail, trapped particles, auroras.
Winter 2015
AOSS 501-001 PLANETARY MAGNETOSPHERES JOURNAL CLUB
Prerequisites: None (1 credit)
Students take turns presenting and critiquing articles from the the scientific literature; underlying physical processes and investigative approaches are discussed.