PTYS 505A
Principles of Planetary Physics
Core Course
PTYS Graduate Core Course. Introductory physics of planetary and interplanetary gases, fluids and plasmas. Thermodynamics, kinetic theory, plasma physics, hydrodynamics, and magnetohydrodynamics with solar-system applications. This includes planetary atmospheres, turbulence, solar wind, solar-system magnetic fields, dynamo theory, and planetary magnetospheres. Students will be expected to be familiar with vector calculus and both ordinary and partial differential equations. In addition, students will be expected to know, or learn, a programming language such as C, Fortran, IDL or MATLAB. Course requisites: Classical and quantum mechanics at the level of PHYS 151 and PHYS 242. Sample course syllabus, Giacalone (PDF). Sample course syllabus, Klein (PDF).
Semester
Section Number
Instructor(s)
Day/Time
Location
Resources
2022 Fall
001
Kristopher Klein
TTH 12:30-1:45p.m.
Kuiper 312
Syllabus
Semester | Section Number | Instructor(s) | Day/Time | Location | Resources |
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2020 Fall | 001 | Joe Giacalone | TTH 9:30-10:45a.m. | Kuiper 308 |
Syllabus Course Page |
2018 Fall | 001 | Joe Giacalone | MW 9:30-10:45a.m. | Kuiper 312 |
Syllabus Course Page |