Astrophysical Plasmas ASTM116/MTH708U

MSc Astrophysics

Queen Mary, University of London

David Burgess (D.Burgess(at)qmul.ac.uk)


This is the homepage for the course in Astrophysical Plasmas, taught as part of the Queen Mary MSc in Astrophysics.

The following links provide access to the various course materials.

Course Overview Introduction, syllabus, practical matters
Intro Slides Introductory presentation on solar system plasmas and connection to Sun
Course Text
online pdf including problems, index, etc.
Solutions
solutions to course text problems - use these wisely, and try the problems before looking at solutions! NOW AVAILABLE
Coursework assignments

Past Exams

Some DEs
A scan of revision notes about a few differential equations that are come across during the course. This is very brief - more details in the links below
Maths Summary Sheets
Summary sheets for a range of mathematical topics - developed for other courses, but you might find something useful here
Just The Maths
Very useful website with basic mathematics - lots of examples - not difficult - worth looking at!
[NEW] Solar wind structure - slides
Slides from lectures 2012 - solar wind structure from corona outwards
[OLD] Solar wind viewgraphs 1
[OLD] Solar wind viewgraphs 2
Scan of viewgraphs from lectures from before 2012

Last updated: January 2012