Lecture handouts


 One-million Kelvin coronal loops obsered with TRACE

Lecture 1-2: Solar atmosphere: introduction.

Lecture 3-4: Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations.

Lecture 5: Consequences of the induction equation.

Lecture 6: Magnetostatic equilibria: Hydrostatic pressure balance.

Lecture 7: Parker's solar wind model.

Lecture 8: Coronal loop equilibria.

Lecture 9: Potential and force-free fields.

Lecture 10-11: Prominences.

Lecture 12-13-14: Magnetic reconnection and solar flares.

Lecture 14-15: Coronal loop oscillations.


Additional material (not examinable in 2011-12)

Lecture: MHD modes of a magnetic interface.

Lecture: Oscillations in prominences.