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| Course Details - Specialised Course in Solar Astronomy |
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Open to B.Sc, B.E. (and above) students with Physics as one of their optional subjects. |
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The number of seats in a batch is limited to 30 ONLY. Admissions will be done on first-come-first-served basis.
Tentative Schedule for next batch: 11 Jan 2025 to 01 Mar 2025 |
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Saturdays
Classroom sessions: 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
| Course Fees: |
Rs.8,500/-
(Fees does not include field trip expenses, if any) |
| Contact |
Phone: 080-22385956, 080-40914507
Fax: 080-22385957
Email: mpbifr@gmail.com, info@mpbifr-blr.in |
| Apply Now |
Download the application form. Click here to know how to apply. |
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| Course Details |
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Overview
Coursework
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On successful completion of the Course, the Institute shall give certificates to the students with grades based on the overall performance. |
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| Course Overview |
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Aim:
To expose the interested students to various aspects of Solar Physics and the current understanding of the Sun.
Faculty:
Prof. Wageesh Mishra from Indian Institute of Astrophysics will be handling all the sessions.
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Broad Topics Covered:
The syllabus of the course will be at M.Sc., level and the broad topics covered will be as follows.
Historical and Modern observations of the sun.
Physical properties of the Sun.
Solar interior and photosphere - solar models, sunspots and solar cycle, Fraunhofer lines, and curves of growth.
Solar Chromosphere - spicules, chromospheric heating, and radio observations.
Solar Corona - Coronal heating problem, Coronal emission lines, and coronal holes.
Plasma in Magnetic Fields - properties of plasma, plasma waves, and magnetohydodynamics.
Solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections - models and observations, solar energetic particles, and CME evolution in the heliosphere.
Space Weather - solar activity, geomagnetic storms and their consequences, climate change.
Hands-on experience with solar observations - sunspot observations, CME observations, and radio bursts observations.
Recommended Books / References:
- Guide to the sun – Kenneth J. H. Philips
- Solar Astrophysics - Peter Foukal
- The Sun – Micheal Stix
- The Sun from Space - Kenneth R. Lang
- The Sun, the Earth, and near-earth space - John A. Eddy
Classroom Sessions:
The classes will be covered in a total of 16 to 18 sessions of 90 mins. each.
Field Trips:
Subject to permission from the concerned authorities, there may be a field trip to Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, Kodaikanal. The course fee does not include any expenses connected to
the field trip.
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Registration and Admission:
- The right to admit will solely rest with the Institute.
- Certificates with grades based on their overall performance will be issued to the individual students at the end of the course.
- Outstation students are requested to make their own arrangements for accommodation.
How to Apply:
- Students can contact the institute to know about the fee structure of a particular course.
- Interested students can download the application from this webpage, fill it and either email us a scanned copy or send it by post to the address mentioned below along with a CTS compliant cheque / DD drawn in favour of "M. P. Birla Institute of Fundamental Research" (payable at Bangalore). Fee structure includes registration and admission fee.
- Students can personally pay the prescribed fee (payable by cash / CTS compliant cheque / netbanking).
- If you wish to pay the course fees through netbanking, kindly send a mail to info@mpbifr-blr.in requesting for the netbanking details.
M. P. Birla Institute of Fundamental Research,
2nd Floor, M. P. Birla Research Centre,
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Campus,
43/1, Race Course Road, Bangalore – 560001.
Phone: 080-22385956, 40914507
Fax: 080-22385957
Email: mpbifr@gmail.com, info@mpbifr-blr.in
You can also download the application form here.
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What our students say...
I attended the Specialised course in Solar Astronomy at MPBIFR in February-March 2009. I learnt about the various features on the Sun, basic problems and unanswered questions in this field. The worksheets laid out at the end of the course were particularly helpful and ensured a comprehensive understanding. This knowledge served me well when, later on I went to pursue a PhD in Solar Physics and I found it very easy to comprehend and quickly analyze the problem.
- Kamalam Vanninathan, 2009, Specialised Course in Solar Astronomy.
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