University of Kansas Space Physics and Plasma Astrophysics

Here you can find both specialist and non-specialist information on topics in space physics and various spacecraft missions.

Research and Spacecraft Information:

	X-RAY EMISSION IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM		PLANETARY AERONOMY AND PLASMA PHYSICS
	TITAN STUDIES		CASSINI
	HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS		PLASMA IN THE HELIOSPHERE
	PLASMA IN COSMOLOGY		ASTROBIOLOGY

Information on other spacecraft missions can be found on the Fundamental Technologies website. Fundamental Technologies is co-owned by KU Physics Department Emeritus Prof. Thomas P. Armstrong.

• Galileo website at Fundamental Technologies - educational resources, data archives, list of publications, and science results.
• IMP website at Fundamental Technologies - instrument description, data, and more.
• Ulysses HISCALE website at Fundamental Technologies - publications, HISCALE data, Data Analysis Handbook, educational materials.
• Voyager website at Fundamental Technologies - images, data file descriptions, engineering design, data, bibliography, and more.

Faculty:

Space Physics and Plasma Astrophysics Alumni

General Public Education Materials:

• Particle Radiation Bursts at Jupiter
• Proton Studies and Interplanetary Processes
• Shock Waves
• Cassini Mission Overview
• Historical Atmospheric Chemistry in Polar Ice
• Physics Undergraduate Contributes to the NASA ACE Mission

Other Sites of Interest:

• Space Physics Data Facility at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
• NASA's Planetary Data System at the Jet Propulsion Lab
• Topical Group in Plasma Astrophysics of the American Physical Society
• More about the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas

Last modified November 5, 2008 Tizby Hunt-Ward tizby@ku.edu