Venue: 沙巴体育 Centre for Natural Sciences, 沙巴体育 Academy of Higher Education, 沙巴体育, Karnataka, India – 576104

Dates: 16 – 20 September 2024

Free Hostel Accommodation (Non-AC + Sharing) may be provided to outstation candidates upon request.?

The school is for the students of 3/4th year B.Tech. / B.E. or 1st /2nd year M.Sc. / M.S.?& ?Ph.D. students ( in relevant streams) are?also open to Working Professionals in the Space Industry.?

About the School

The school intends to train participants from various academic levels on the basics of Space Radiation. With space tourism being a hot topic of future, and the effects of space radiation on earth, it is important that the entrepreneurs and space scientists of today and tomorrow know the fundamentals of space radiation.

Topics to be covered

• Space radiation environment? ?
  Intro to charged particles, Earth’s magnetic field and other radiation from space.

• Introduction to Solar Physics?
  Sun as a star, Energetic events from the solar environment, Solar cycles.

• ?X-ray and gamma-ray detectors, characterisation of NaI detectors ?
  Detector parameters, calibration and characterisation.

• HpGe detector ?
  Characterisation, energy resolution and efficiency ?

• Multi-messengers' study of solar flares? ?
  Introduction to Aditya-L1 mission, correlating particle flux variations with solar events, other missions and ground based facilities.?

• UV telescope onboard Aditya L1 ?
  Various payloads on on the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope, Characterisation and Calibration.

• X-ray telescope onboard Aditya L1 ?
  SOLEX & HELIOS payloads,? Characterisation and calibration?

• Data analysis of archival data from SUIT onboard Aditya-L1 ?
  Image analysis, limb darkening corrections, Flare related UV studies, Chromospheric parameters from standard tools.?

• Analysis of observational data ?
  Analysis techniques, timing and spectral studies?

• Data analysis of archival data from SOLEX onboard Aditya-L1 ?
  Analysis of Soft X-ray data, spectral fitting, phases of a solar flare

• Impact of space radiation on space assets, humans and space experiments ?
  Current status, approach to predictive space radiation environment and future space radiation research opportunities?

• Study of neutron induced gamma-ray emission ?
  Prompt and delayed gamma-ray emission with AmBe source and HpGe detector??

At the end of the school, based on the performance, a few students may be selected for advanced training in partner universities in USA.

About MCNS

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About 沙巴体育

沙巴体育 is a suburb or a University Town, within Udupi district. Located 5 kilometers from Udupi city, 沙巴体育 is a place of serenity and the right atmosphere for studies and research with the Arabian Sea and Western ghats on either sides, just a few kilometers away.?

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Reaching 沙巴体育

沙巴体育 is connected to rest of the country by Road, Air and Train conveniently.?

Visiting 沙巴体育 would be convenient by Road as 沙巴体育 is very well connected by road to Udupi and Mangaluru, two important transport hubs in the region. If you cannot find a bus to Udupi, you may take a Bus to Mangaluru and there are several busses to 沙巴体育 from Mangaluru, every hour between 5am to 10pm. From Udupi, there are several more busses with the local busses and Mangalore-沙巴体育 busses plying via Udupi.?

By Train, Udupi station (UD / UDP) is the nearest railway station from where 沙巴体育 is only 3 kms away. Mangaluru central and Mangaluru Junction are the other railway stations that may be opted for, as most important trains in the region, have stops here.?

By Air, Mangaluru 沙巴体育 Airport (IXE) is the nearest airport. Once in Mangaluru, take a local transport to the Bus station, and travel by road to 沙巴体育.?

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