MSc Course

SPEARHEAD Course on High Energy Particles in the Heliosphere In May 2025, we organized a 5-credit graduate-level course at the University of Turku (UTU), delivered in a hybrid format to facilitate remote participation from students across European universities. The...

Following on SPEARHEAD MS courses — Days 7 & 8

The past two days have taken us deeper into the production of high-energy particles in the heliosphere and their consequences. On Day 7, Dr. Mateja Dumbović delivered a well-structured lecture on the modulation of galactic cosmic rays in the heliosphere and Forbush...
Following on MS courses — Day 6

Following on MS courses — Day 6

Today’s course was dedicated to cosmic rays in the magnetosphere and atmosphere of the Earth. Prof. Alexander Mishev introduced us to « Ground-based observations of solar energetic particles (SEPs) » with a lot of details on the magnetosphere itself and...
Following on MS courses — Day 5

Following on MS courses — Day 5

This 5th day of MS course was dedicated to Space-borne observation methods for energetic particles. The lectures was divided in two parts. The first was delivered by Prof. Rami Vainio from the University of Turku and introduced basic principles and detection methods...
Following on MS course – Day 4

Following on MS course – Day 4

This 4th day of the MS course focused on numerical simulations.
 The problem of acceleration and transport of solar energetic particles is very complex, and has not yet been completely solved. However, there are many models used to simulate these processes. They...