Topic outline

  • Assignments and preliminary work

    10 weekly assignments:

    - Opened on Thursdays at 12:00 (noon).

    - 8 days to return the answer (deadline: Friday at 12:00, noon)

    Self-grading:  

    - Model answers opened on Fridays at 12:05 (noon)

    - 7 days to return the self-grading (deadline: Friday at 12:00, noon)


    Self-grading the assignments

    Based on the criteria given in the model answers, you will grade, by yourself, your own assignments, during the next week after the submission deadline. You submit your grading by adding a comment to your submission in the following format, containing the total number of points (SELFGRADE), followed by how many points you got from each task. After that you can add free-form feedback, especially if you didn't understand something either in the exercise or the model answers.

    You are encouraged to discuss and ask about the model answers and exercises in the forum as well, as long as you don't give away entire solutions before the submission deadline. You may use the comment field for other comments as well, but please include the SELFGRADE-keyword in all caps, so we can find the grading easily.

    You can also ask details about the evaluation criteria at the end of Tuesday's lecture after about 13:45.

    Please note that the teacher will finally decide how many points you get, i.e. you may get finally less (or more!) points as your self-grading points are.

    Example self-grading comment:

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    SELFGRADE: Total 4.5 points

    Task 1: 2.5 points:

          - Task 1.1:  1 point

          - Task 1.2:  1.5 points

    Task 2: 2.0 points:

          - Task 2.1:  1 point

          - Task 2.2:  1 point


    Commentary:
    I didn't understand what was meant in Task 1.2., so I couldn't finish it. After reading the excellent model solution it dawned on me that I was just misreading the task.

    In Task 2, I got all requirements correctly to get the points, but I noticed something weird in how the tachyon flux was derived, compared to Brown, E. & McFly, M., 2015.

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    End of example.


    • Assignment icon
      Practice session 4.3.2022: The 1st assignment (individual)
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      Tools for the course: ParaView and MULTI

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      Self-evaluation No 1 Assignment
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      Provide here your 1st self-evaluation text.

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      Practice session 11.3.2022: The 2nd assignment (individual) UPDATED 11.3.
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      Topic: Single particle motion

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      Self-evaluation No 2 Assignment
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      Provide here your 2nd self-evaluation text.

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      Practice session 18.3.2022: The 3rd assignment (individual). Updated 18.3.
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      Topics: plasma state, velocity distribution function, macroscopic parameters

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      Self-evaluation No 3 Assignment
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      Provide here your 3rd self-evaluation text.

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      Practice session 25.3.2022: The 4th assignment (individual)
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      Topics: Fluid description and MHD

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      Self-evaluation No 4 Assignment
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      Model solutions for assignment 4.


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      Practice session 1.4.2022: The 5th assignment (individual)
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      Topics: MHD, magnetic diffusion, pressure balance, Rankine-Hugoniot relations


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      Self-evaluation No 5 Assignment
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      Model solutions for assignment 5.

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      Practice session 8.4.2022: The 6th assignment (individual)
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      Topic: plasma waves

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      Self-evaluation No 6 Assignment
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      Model solutions for assignment 6.

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      Practice session 22.4.2022: The 7th assignment (individual)
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      The 7th assignment: The Sun and the solar wind

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      Self-evaluation No 7 Assignment
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      Model solutions for assignment 7.

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      Practice session 29.4.2022: The 8th assignment (individual)
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       The 8th assignment: The moon like interaction

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      Self-evaluation No 8 Assignment
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      Model solutions for assignment 8.

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      Practice session 6.5.2022: The 9th assignment (individual)
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      The 9th assignment: Comets and comet-like interaction

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      Self-evaluation No 9 Assignment
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      Model solutions for assignment 9.

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      Practice session 13.5.2022: The 10th assignment (individual)
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      The 10th assignment: Atmospheres, ionospheres and Venus-like interaction

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      Self-evaluation No 10 Assignment
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      Model solutions for assignment 10.

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      ------------- The Final Assignment --------------------
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      This folder includes the tasks for the Final Assignment and the needed files.

       Final Assignment: SpacePhysics2022_Final_Assignment_20220516-Updated20220525.pdf


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