Syllabus,
questionnaire
Doodle for SBO sessions
SBO_project (details),
further notes.
spaceweather.com,
solis.nso.edu,
www.solarmonitor.org
Other useful links:
ADS,
astro-ph,
solar/stellar
(recent),
Solar News
The following links are most recent on my
Boulder page,
but not the Nordita page.
Background
Week 1
Monday, Jan 11:
Lecture 1,
Homework problems 1
(Space weather)
Wednesday, Jan 13:
Lecture 2
(solar variability)
Friday, Jan 15:
Lecture 3
(solar radiation, Rosseland mean)
Week 2
Wednesday, Jan 20:
Lecture 4
(nuclear burning)
Friday, Jan 22:
Lecture 5
(neutrino detection, center to limb variation)
Week 3
Monday, Jan 25:
Lecture 6,
Homework problems 2
(recap on vector algebra, opacity)
Wednesday, Jan 27:
LASP Visit
Friday, Jan 29:
Lecture 7
(comments on previous homework)
Week 4
Monday, Feb 1:
Lecture 8
(polarization)
Wednesday, Feb 3:
Lecture 9,
Homework key 1
(polarization cont'd)
Friday, Feb 5:
Lecture 10
(mean molecular weight)
Week 5
Monday, Feb 8:
Lecture 11,
Homework3
(Lorentz force, sound waves)
Wednesday, Feb 10:
Lecture 12
(5 min oscillation & helioseismology)
Friday, Feb 12:
Lecture 13
(applications of helioseismology)
Week 6
Monday, Feb 15:
Lecture 14
(convection)
Wednesday, Feb 17:
Lecture 15
(buoyancy oscillations)
Friday, Feb 19:
Lecture 16,
Homework key 2
(entropy, internal energy)
Week 7
Monday, Feb 22:
Lecture 17,
Homework problems 4
(solar cycle)
Wednesday, Feb 24:
Lecture 18
(uxB and Alfven waves)
Friday, Feb 26:
Lecture 19
(Alfven waves cont'd, Ohmic diffusion, Rm)
Week 8
Monday, Feb 29:
Lecture 20
(sunspots)
Wednesday, Mar 2:
Lecture 21
(polytropes, nonlinear sound waves)
Friday, Mar 4:
Lecture 22
(Rayleigh-Benard convection)
Week 9
Monday, Mar 7:
Review material for midterm exam
(= Lecture 23)
Wednesday, Mar 9:
Sample for midterm exam;
key1,
key2,
key3,
key4.
Friday, Mar 11:
Second sample for midterm exam;
key1,
key2,
key3,
key4;
Lecture 24
(solar dynamo)
Week 10
Monday, Mar 14:
Lecture 25,
Homework key 4,
Third sample for midterm exam.
key1,
key2, correction_to_key2,
key3,
key4
Wednesday, Mar 16: midterm exam (in class; usual room & time)
Friday, Mar 18:
Lecture 26,
Homework resit_problems 2
(Eddington approximation)
Week 11
Monday, Mar 28:
Lecture 27,
Homework problems 5
(flux tubes, active regions)
Wednesday, Mar 30: Guest lecture by Delores Knipp on the Great Storm of May 23-26, 1967.
Friday, Apr 1:
Lecture 28
(two-stream approximation)
Week 12
Monday, Apr 4:
Lecture 29,
Homework2 resit key
(chromosphere & corona)
Wednesday, Apr 6:
Lecture 30
(solar wind)
Friday, Apr 1:
Lecture 31, movie of
Bastille Day Flare
(solar flares)
Week 13
Monday, Apr 11:
Lecture 32
(heat conduction, electric conduction)
Wednesday, Apr 13:
Lecture 33
(Earth's magnetosphere & ionosphere)
Friday, Apr 15:
Lecture 34
(substorms)
Week 14
Monday, Apr 18:
Lecture 35,
Homework key 5,
CMEs
(aurorae)
Wednesday, Apr 20:
Lecture 36,
Homework resit_problems 4+5
(solar wind turbulence, Voyager 1+2)
Friday, Apr 22:
Lecture 37
(SBO project)
Week 15
Monday, Apr 25:
Lecture 38
(numerical integration and iteration)
Wednesday, Apr 27:
Lecture 39
(early work on limb darkening)
Friday, Apr 29:
Lecture 40
(Summary)
Handouts
Notes regarding the Eddington
approximation (useful for Homework 5).
Axel Brandenburg
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