Space plasma physics in depth

This is a landing webpage with several different topics on space plasma physics by scientists and for scientists. The subpages are divided into different areas. The employees in the space plasma physics programme can be found at IRF in Uppsala. 


Head of the research programme is Assoc. Prof. Docent Yuri Khotyaintsev.
Contact: +46 18 471 59 29 or yuri.khotyaintsev@irfu.se

Research topics

Planetary magnetospheres
Planetary ionosphere
Heliosphere
Icy moons
Comets
Turbulence
Magnetic reconnection
Shocks
Dusty plasma in space
Space weather
SHARP

Hardware projects

Solar Orbiter
JUICE
MMS
Cluster
Cassini
Rosetta
BepiColombo
Swarm
Astrid 2
Freja

Software

OVT
IRFU-matlab
ISDAT

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