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| INSTITUTET FÖR RYMDFYSIK | UPPSALA |
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| Swedish Institute of Space Physics | (59°50.272′N, 17°38.786′E) |
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Uppsala
University Department of Physics and Astronomy Division of Astronomy and Space Physics |
Welcome to the web page of the course
Space
Physics (5 c)
Rymdfysik (1FA255, 5 hp)
News
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Page contents
- General information
- Literature
- Course matter -
notes,
problem sets, ...
- Old exams
- Old stuff
- Contact us
General information
Space Physics is offered as a 5-credit (hp) master course in physics at Uppsala University.
More information is available on the course page on Studium.
Unless all students speak Swedish, the course is usually taught in English.
This page is a source of auxilliary course information. Schedule changes etcetera are now advertised on Studium.
Literature
The course compendium Lecture Notes on Space Physics from the Sun to the Aurora by Kjell Rönnmark is handed out at the lectures. There will also be problem sets and some other papers, some of which are available below.Course
material
The following papers have been, or will be, handed out:
- Formula sheet (PDF, 49 kB)
- Problem set, version 1.2 (PDF, 260 kB, 2004-01-18)
- Complementary lecture notes (PDF, 131 kB)
- The heliosphere in the kitchen sink -- a note on what shocks really are, pointing to the fact that you see examples of them daily
- Excerpts from Rönnmark's compendium are available as hardcopies only. The following are chapters are included and will be handed out during the course:
- Chapters 1-3
- Chapter 5
- Chapters 6 and 10
- Old exams you can find below
- Paper model of the terrestrial magnetosphere: http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wfold.html
- Lists of s/c launches:
Exams
Examination for Space Physics I includes a written 5-hour written exam. For details on examination and assessment, see the course pages on Studium.Previous
exams (gamla tentor)
| Exam date | Problems | Solutions |
| 2023-10-23 |
PDF | |
| 2022-10-18 |
PDF |
PDF (problems 5 and 8) |
| 2021-12-21 |
PDF |
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| 2021-10-21 |
PDF |
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| 2020-10-23 |
PDF |
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| 2019-10-24 |
PDF |
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| 2018-10-18 |
PDF |
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| 2017-12-20 |
PDF |
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| 2017-10-24 |
PDF |
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| 2016-10-19 |
PDF |
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| 2015-10-23 |
PDF |
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| 2014-10-24 |
PDF |
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| 2013-10-23 |
PDF |
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| 2012-11-22 |
PDF |
PDF |
| 2011-10-25 |
PDF |
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| 2010-10-18 |
PDF |
PDF |
| 2010-03-15 |
PDF |
PDF |
| 2009-03-18 |
PDF |
PDF |
| 2008-04-02 |
PDF |
PDF |
| 2007-06-11 |
PDF |
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| 2007-03-09 |
PDF |
PDF |
| 2006-08-15 |
PDF |
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| 2006-06-12 |
PDF |
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| 2006-03-10 |
PDF |
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| 2005-06-13 |
PDF |
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| 2005-03-11 |
PDF |
PDF
(handwritten) (note: error in 5b) |
| 2004-08-17 |
PDF |
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| 2004-06-11 |
PDF |
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| 2004-03-12 |
PDF |
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| 2003-04-24 |
PDF
(19 kB) |
PDF
(480 kB) |
| 2002-12-19 |
PDF (71 kB) |
PDF (303 kB) |
| 2002-08-14 | PDF (53 kB) | PDF
(63 kB)(nicely tex-ed for
problems 1, 2) PDF (106 kB) (ugly handwritten scribbles for problems 3, 4, 5 -- if you hand in anything as ugly as this, you will certainly fail!) |
| 2002-01-10 | PDF (70 kB) | PDF (75 kB)(to problems 3, 4, 5) |
| 2001-12-20 | PDF (156 kB) | - |
| 2001-11-21 (sample exam) |
PDF (120 kB) | - |
Old stuff
Some old
material, not relevant to the current course, is stowed away here.Contact
information
Lecturer: Anders.Eriksson@irfu.se, phone 018-471 5945, 0701-713029