Jörg Büchner and Volker Bothmer
Physics of the Sun, Heliosphere and Space Weather - Key Knowledge
When?
... on Tuesdays, 10:15 - 11:45 AM starting October 22nd
Where?
North Campus, Physics faculty building Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, Astrophysical Institute, Level 5 (by foot from level 4) room F 05.104
Exams (for ontaining 3 credit points after attending the lectures)
For more information please, see the
• Bothmer, V. and I.A. Daglis (eds.)
“Space Weather – Physics and Effects”,
Springer Praxis Books, 2006, XXXVIII, 490 p.
• Büchner, J.; Axford, S.I.; Marsch, E.; Vasyliunas, V.
Plasma Astrophysics and Space Physics, Springer, 1998, 772 p.
• Büchner, Jörg; Dum, Christian; Scholer, Manfred (Eds.)
Space Plasma Simulation; Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 615, Springer 2003, 351 p.
• Prölss, G.W.
"Physics of the Earth's Space Environment",
Springer Berlin (July 2004); also available in German:
Physik des erdnahen Weltraums - Eine Einführung
Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, 2. Aufl., 2004.
ISBN: 3-540-40088-5
• Scherer, K., H. Fichtner, B. Heber, U. Mall (eds.)
"Space Weather - The Physics Behind a Slogan"
Lecture Notes in Physics 656,
Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, 2005.
ISBN: 3-540-22907-8 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
DOI: 10.1007/b100037
• Stix, M. "The Sun: An Introduction",
Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, 2nd edition 2002.
Necessary Knowledge (Voraussetzungen / Vorkenntnisse):
• Basic Physics Courses / Grundkurse der Physik
Participants (
Teilnehmerkreis/Zielgruppe):
• Master and PHD Students of Physics, Geophysics, Astrophysics
(Master-Studierende und Doktoranden der Physik, Geophysik, Astrophysik).
Updated: October 8, 2013
• Aschwanden, M.
"Physics of the Solar Corona",
Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 2005.
ISBN 3-540-223221-5