This volume brings together theoretical ideas on the plasma physics of both hot and dense plasmas in the solar atmosphere and similar physics applied to the tenuous and cooler plasmas found in the heliosphere. It is complemented by recent observations. Helioseismology covers the solar interior and the neutrino problem. Solar and stellar activity cycles are addressed. The dynamics of magnetic flux tubes in the solar atmosphere and material flows through the chromosphere into the upper atmosphere are comprehensively reviewed. Energy release processes and the production of energetic particles are important to understanding events in the solar atmosphere and to the dynamics of the tenuous heliosphere. A glimpse of the future is offered by concluding chapters on new ground-based and space instrumentation.
| ISBN: | 9783662141441 |
| Publication date: | 20th November 2013 |
| Author: | George M Simnett, Constantine E Alissandrakis, Loukas Vlahos |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 280 pages |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Physics |
| Genres: |
Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment and methods Astrophysics Solar system: the Sun and planets Atomic and molecular physics Particle and high-energy physics Applied physics |