The sun and the heliopsphere [as printed] as an integrated system /

This book, for the first time, ties together physical processes across the full scale of the heliosphere. It is about the natural connections that exist between the various parts of the system. Therefore, it is mainly cast in terms of those mechanisms and phenomena rather than individual missions in...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Poletto, G., Suess, Steven T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer, [2004]
Series:Astrophysics and space science library ; volume 317.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • From the contents: Preface
  • 1. Hydrogen Walls: Mass Loss of Dwarf Stars and the Young Sun
  • 2. The Heliospheric Interface: Models and Observations
  • 3. Radiation from the Outer Heliosphere and Beyond
  • 4. Ulysses at Solar Maximum
  • 5. Propagation of Energetic Particles to High Latitudes
  • 6. Solar Wind Properties from IPS Observations
  • 7. The Dynamically Coupled Heliosphere
  • 8. A Global Picture of CMEs in the Inner Heliosphere
  • 9. MHD Turbulence in the Heliosphere: Evolution and Intermittency
  • 10. Waves and Turbulence in the Solar Corona
  • 11. The Influence of the Chromosphere
  • Corona Coupling on Solar Wind and Heliospheric Parameters
  • 12. Elemental Abundances in the Solar Corona
  • 13. The Magnetic Field from the Solar Interior to the Heliosphere
  • 14. Magnetic Reconnection.