21PHY336 SPACE PHYSICS-
UNIT I-
Brief history of solar-terrestrial physics – The variables Sun and the heliosphere, Earth’s space environment and upper atmosphere.
UNIT II-
Space plasma physics – single particle motion, plasma state, Fluid description, MHD & Kinetic theory, Applications.
UNIT III-
Solar wind & Interplanetary Magnetic Field(IMF), Shocks and Instabilities in space.
UNIT IV-
Solar wind interactions with magnetized planets – Introduction, planetary magnetic fields, spherical harmonic expansions, geomagnetic field and its measurements, variations in Earth’s field.
UNIT V-
Magnetosphere – Dynamics, Sw-Magnetosphere interactions; Ionosphere, Currents in space and Ionosphere; Neutral – Dynamics.
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