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Lecture notes (pdf format) |
misc |
| 1/15 |
Units: cgs vs. SI |
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| 1/22 |
More preliminaries + orbit theory (part 1) |
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| 1/27 |
Orbit theory (part 2) Grad B drft |
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| 1/29 |
Orbit theory (part 3) Conservation of Magnetic Moment |
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| 2/3 |
Distribution function |
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| 2/5 |
Macroscopic Dynamical Equations |
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| 2/10 |
MHD equations I (+ Debyle length, plasma beta definitions) |
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| 2/12 |
MHD equations 2 (induction equation, frozen flux theorem, turbulent dynamo) |
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| 2/17 |
MHD equations 3 (turbulent dynamo, energy equation) |
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| 2/19 |
Potential and Force-Free Fields |
extra notes |
| 2/24 |
Hydrostatic Equilibrium and the Parker Solar Wind Solution |
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| 2/26 |
de Laval Nozzle analogy + Parker Spiral Magnetic Field |
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| 3/2 |
Parker Spiral magnetic field (part 2) |
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| 3/4 |
Parker Force-Free (Irrotational Flow) Heliosphere Model |
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| 3/23 |
Heliosphere (continued), current sheets, (Sweet Parker) magnetic reconnection |
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| 3/25 |
Magnetic reconnecton + Intro to plasma waves |
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| 3/30 |
Magnetic Waves in an ideal MHD fluid |
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| 4/1 |
MHD Shocks (Part 1) |
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| 4/6 |
MHD Shocks (Part 2) + Collisionless Shock Microstructure |
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| 4/8 |
Two-stream instability in a proton/electron plasma + plasma turbulence and Kolmogorov theory |
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| 4/27 |
Cosmic-Ray Transport - Part 1 - Pitch-angle diffusion |
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| 4/29 |
Cosmic Ray Transport - Part 2 - Pitch-angle diffusion (cont.) + Energy change |
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| 5/4 |
Particle Acceleration at Shocks |
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| 5/6 |
Particle Acceleration (part 2) |
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