Homework for 029:278 Space and Astrophysical Plasmas
KR95: Margaret G. Kivelson and Christopher T. Russell,
Introduction to Space Physics, 1995.
TS02: Toshiki Tajima and Kazunari Shibata, Plasma Astrophysics, 2002.
Week 1
Due Thursday, January 30, 2014.
- Suggested Reading
- Read KR95 Chapter 2 (p.27-54)
- Homework #1
Week 2
Due Thursday, February 6, 2014.
- Suggested Reading
- Read KR95 Chapter 2 (p.27-54) (same as last week)
- Homework #2
Week 3
Due Thursday, February 13, 2014.
- Suggested Reading
- Read KR95 Chapter 11 (p.330-353)
- Homework #3
Week 4
Due Tuesday, February 25, 2014.
- Suggested Reading
- Read KR95 Chapter 1 (p.1-26)
- Read KR95 Chapter 5 (p.129-156)
- Read KR95 Chapter 6 (p.164-181)
- Homework #4 (Same as reading assignment above)
Week 5
Due Thursday, March 6, 2014.
- Suggested Reading
- Read KR95 Chapter 10 (p.288-327)
- Homework #5
Week 6
Finish HW #5, due Thursday, March 6, 2014.
Week 7
Due Thursday, March 13, 2014.
- Suggested Reading
- Read KR95 Chapter 9 (p.227-284)
- Homework #6
Week 8
Due Thursday, March 27, 2014.
- Suggested Reading
- Read KR95 Chapter 13 (p.400-443)
- Homework #7
Week 9
Due Thursday, April 3, 2014.
- Suggested Reading
- Read KR95 Chapter 3 (p.58-88)
- Read KR95 Chapter 14 (p.459-500)
- Read TS02 Chapter 3, Sec 3.1 (p.131-156)
- Homework #8 (Same as reading assignment above)
Week 10
Due Thursday, April 10, 2014.
- Brief description of your final project (see below)
Week 11
Due Thursday, April 17, 2014.
- Suggested Reading
- Read KR95 Chapter 4 (p.91-127)
- Homework #9
Week 12
Due Thursday, April 24, 2014.
- Suggested Reading
- Read TS02 Section 3.2, p.156-171
- Read TS02 Section 3.3.2, p.222-242
- Homework #10 (Same as reading assignment above)
Week 13
Due Thursday, May 1, 2014.
- Suggested Reading
- Read TS02 Section 4.1, p.283-316
- Homework #11
Week 14
Due Thursday, May 8, 2014.
- Suggested Reading
- Read TS02 Section 2.1-2.3, p.41-69
- Homework #12 (Same as reading assignment above)
- REMINDER: Final Project due Thursday, May 8, 2014.
FINAL PROJECT
- A brief description of your final project topic is due at the beginning of class, Thursday, April 10, 2014.
- Final Project due Thursday, May 8, 2014.
- 029:278 Final Project