KODAI SCHOOL ON SOLAR PHYSICS

Kodai School on Solar Physics

S. S. Hasan, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore, India ; D. Banerjee, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore, India

Conference Location and Date: Kodaikanal, India, 10-22 December 2006

Subseries: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Published July 2007; ISBN 978-0-7354-0429-8, One Volume, Print; 360 pages; 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 inches; Hardcover; $143.00

Readership: Graduate students working in the field of astrophysics, more specifically on theoretical and observational problems in solar physics.

The Kodaikanal School on Solar Physics offered and intensive two week course on topics related to the Physics of the Sun. The school had a truly international character and was attended by both students and lecturers from different parts of the globe. The course was aimed at Ph.D. students or final year M.Sc (physics) students interested in solar physics and who want to pursue it further. The purpose of the school was to provide an introduction to solar physics for students who do not have an opportunity to take such a course at their home institutions. There were 42 lectures, 5 evening seminars, 10 observation oriented projects, and three computer lab exercises. The students were given the opportunity to observe the Sun with the existing facilities in the observatory.

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