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Delves into the Sun as a fusion reactor, discussing properties, fusion process, and photon diffusion.

Covers solar physics, including the Sun's properties, energy transport, sunspots, and the solar cycle.

Astrophysics: Sunspots and Solar Activity

Explores sunspots, the solar cycle, and magnetic fields on the Sun, including the 11-year cycle and the Hale's and Joy's laws.

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Memory Safety and Client/Server Architecture: Key Concepts

Covers memory safety principles and the client/server architecture in system design.

Advanced Physics I: Orders of Magnitude

Explores the triumph of determinism in modern mechanics and the methodology of scientific development, with practical exercises on estimating surgical mask usage and analyzing atomic bomb energy.

Nuclear Fusion: Creating a Star on Earth

Explores the potential of fusion energy, emphasizing its benefits and challenges, with a focus on the ITER project.

Motion of the Sun in the Milky Way

Explores the Sun's motion in the Milky Way galaxy and the solar neighborhood.

Thermonuclear Fusion: Power Balance

Explores fusion power density, losses, breakeven, ignition, and engineering fusion gain in thermonuclear fusion reactors.

Earth's Temperature: Solar Radiation and Atmosphere Absorption

Explains the energy balance between the Sun, Earth's surface, and the atmosphere.

Quantum Langevin Equations

Covers the derivation of quantum Langevin equations and input-output formalism in open quantum systems.

Advanced Physics I: Angular Momentum

Explores angular momentum, central forces, and gravitational theory, including Kepler's laws and Newton's approach.

From Fusion to DEMO

Explores the progress in magnetic confinement fusion, roadmaps to fusion power, ITER components, and the path towards DEMO.

Solar Astronomy: Equinoxes and Solstices

Delves into solar astronomy, focusing on equinoxes, solstices, Earth-Sun axis, and geocentric coordinates.

Plasma Physics: Impact Ionisation and Random Walk

Explores impact ionisation in plasma physics and the random walk model as a key challenge in understanding plasma confinement.

Stochastic Processes: Definitions and Examples

Covers stochastic processes in continuous time, including probability functions and stock processes.

Solar Wind Dynamics

Delves into the dynamics of the solar wind, including observations, fluid models, and the Sun's mass loss rate.

MHD Dynamo: Plasma Flow to Magnetic Fields

Explores MHD dynamo theory, covering magnetic field generation by conductive fluid and the Babcock-Leighton mechanism.

Deflection of Light: Observations and Methods

Explores the deflection of light by gravity and methods for studying matter distribution.

Solar Race: Building Physics Phenomenology

Explores solar race design, geometric projections, and sun movement impact on building orientation and facade illumination.