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