Space Physics

Space plasma physics, as opposed to astrophysics, typically addresses the physics of our local solar-system. It deals with the sun, the solar wind, planetary magnetospheres, aurora, and importantly, their interrelationship. Our faculty and students are currently engaged in satellite observation, computational modeling of earth's magnetosphere and its specific features, in the study of our sun, and in the study of magnetic reconnection and other properties of space plasmas through laboratory experiments.