606 Weltraumwetter

606 Space Weather

contact person: Prof. Dr. Dominik Bomans --- GAFO 03/973 --- email: bomans@astro.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Currently we encountering some technical problems with 606. The experiment can still be booked, please contact Dominik Bomans for an appointment.

new contact person: Giacomo Sommani --- GAFO 03/380 --- email: sommani@astro.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (only after September 2025)

In this experiment the students will learn about the interaction between the Sun and the Earth, about several types of notable solar phenomena, basic physics of the atmosphere and ways to study solar activity. They will use a setup based on a radio antenna together with data from satellites to detect solar flares and evaluate their impact on our planet. Students will deal with large amounts of data that they will have to plot and study, and it is highly recommended to use Python-based Jupyter notebooks with Numpy, Pandas and Matplotlib libraries. Basic knowledge in plasma physics and solar physics will be useful.

Manual: Anleitung