Duration
15h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in space sciences (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Under construction
Chapter I : The geomagnetic field
- Description, dipolar approximation, Gauss development
- Origin of internal and external components
- Time evolution and pole inversions
- Electron and proton motion in the geomagnetic field
- Longitudinal drift and related currents
- Origin and structure of the belts
- Solar eruptions: radiative and particle components
- Effects on the geomagnetic field
- Impact on space missions
- Solar wind and structure of the cavity
- Magnetic reconnection and auroral precipitation
- Composition and energy spectrum
- Solar cycle and perturbations
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, students will have acquired the basics of Earth's magnetic environment, of the radiation belts and the cosmic rays (astroparticles), of solar activity and its impact on space environment. With this knowledge, it will be possible to understand and to take into account the constraints imparted by space environment on Earth orbit and interplanetary space missions, particularly at the level of the design of space instruments.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Good knowledge of general physics and its mathematical tools. Basic concepts of astrophysics and geophysics.
It is highly recommended to first take the course "Atmosphere of the Earth" (SPAT0055).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Guided applications: problem solving
Personal research on a topic to be agreed
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face lectures and presentations by students of a scientific paper on one of the lectures' topics.
Recommended or required readings
- Files presented during the classes (eCampus) - recommended textbooks: review papers and book chapters
Assessment methods and criteria
- oral exam on the course material
- presentation of the personal research topic
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
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Contacts
Prof Denis Grodent d.grodent@uliege.be
Laboratory for Planeatary and Atmospheric Physics
Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research (STAR) Institute
Université de Liège
Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique
Quartier AGORA (B5c)
Allée du Six Août, 19C
B-4000 Liège, Belgium
phone: +32 4 366 9773
http://www.lpap.uliege.be
Items online
PDF (and pptx) version(s) of the slides presented during the classes.
PDF (and pptx) version(s) of the slides presented during the classes.