Solar Wind Eight
Solar Wind Eight

Author: Daniel Winterhalter

Publisher: A I P Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 704

ISBN-13: 9781563965517

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Annotation Proceedings of the June 1995 conference, reflecting the state of the art of solar and stellar wind research, especially discoveries made by the ESA/NASA Ulysses and Galileo spacecraft. Covers solar wind's origins, transport through the solar system, and its fate at the heliocentric boundaries, with sections on the sun's corona and the acceleration of solar and stellar winds; the composition and internal state of the solar wind; solar wind structure, dynamics, and evolution; and the outer heliosphere, boundaries, and interactions with the local interstellar medium. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Literature 1997, Part 1
Literature 1997, Part 1

Author: Astronomisches Rechen-InstitutARI

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-11

Total Pages: 1746

ISBN-13: 3642517587

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Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts is devoted to the recording, summarizing and indexing of astronomical publications throughout the world. Two volumes are scheduled to appear per year. Volume 67 records 10,903 papers covering besides the classical fields of astronomy and astrophysics such matters as space flights related to astronomy, lunar and planetary probes and satellites, meteorites and interplanetary matter, X rays and cosmic rays, quasars and pulsars. The abstracts are classified under more than one hundred subject categories thus permitting quick surveying of the bulk of material published on the same topic within six months. For instance, this volume records 119 papers on minor planets, 155 papers on supernovae, and 554 papers on cosmology.

The Sun, the Solar Wind, and the Heliosphere
The Sun, the Solar Wind, and the Heliosphere

Author: Mari Paz Miralles

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-01-06

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 9048197872

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This volume represents the state of the art of the science covered by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) Division IV: Solar Wind and Interplanetary Field. It contains a collection of contributions by top experts addressing and reviewing a variety of topics included under the umbrella of the division. It covers subjects that extend from the interior of the Sun to the heliopause, and from the study of physical processes in the Sun and the solar wind plasma to space weather forecasts. The book is organized in 6 parts: the solar interior, the solar atmosphere, the heliosphere, heliophysical processes, radio emissions, and coordinated science in the Sun-Earth system. In addition, we highlight some of the results presented during the IAGA Division IV symposia in the 11th Scientific Assembly of IAGA in Sopron, Hungary, on 23-30 August 2009, which was planned simultaneously with this book.

Physics of the Solar Corona
Physics of the Solar Corona

Author: Markus Aschwanden

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-08-26

Total Pages: 924

ISBN-13: 3540307664

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A thorough introduction to solar physics based on recent spacecraft observations. The author introduces the solar corona and sets it in the context of basic plasma physics before moving on to discuss plasma instabilities and plasma heating processes. The latest results on coronal heating and radiation are presented. Spectacular phenomena such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections are described in detail, together with their potential effects on the Earth.

The Hybrid Multiscale Simulation Technology
The Hybrid Multiscale Simulation Technology

Author: Alexander S. Lipatov

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-04-17

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 3662050129

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A comprehensive description of hybrid plasma simulation models providing a very useful summary and guide to the vast literature on this topic.

Resilient Energy Systems
Resilient Energy Systems

Author: Ion Bostan

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-06-14

Total Pages: 515

ISBN-13: 9400741898

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Renewable energy systems are playing an important role in the current discourse on energy security and sustainability. Scientific, engineering and economic solutions are adopted, and their is a constant effort to understand mechanisms and options to allow a faster penetration of renewable systems in the current energy mix and energy market. Readers of this book will have access to information, engineering design and economic solutions for harvesting local and regional energy potential by means of solar, wind, hydro resources. It will enable graduate students, researchers, promoters of sustainable energy technologies,consulting engineering experts, knowledgeable public to understand the solutions, methods, techniques suitable for different phases of design and implementation of a large selection of renewable energy technologies, and to identify their sustainability in application and policy.

Sun-Earth Plasma Connections
Sun-Earth Plasma Connections

Author: James L. Burch

Publisher: American Geophysical Union

Published: 1999-01-26

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0875900925

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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 109. The Sun and the terrestrial magnetosphere have been the subjects of active research since the dawn of the space age. The capabilities of observing both systems with greater and greater detail evolved separately until the 1980s, when it was realized that definitive results on the connection between the Earth and the Sun would require a concerted and joint effort. It was also realized that sophisticated solar-terrestrial research communities existed within all the space-faring nations of the world and that no one of them could launch such an effort by itself. This realization led to the creation of the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) program, which now comprises at least 12 spacecraft and includes extensive ground-based observations and theory and modeling efforts.

The Advanced Composition Explorer Mission
The Advanced Composition Explorer Mission

Author: C.T. Russell

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 667

ISBN-13: 9401147620

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NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) was launched on August 25, 1997, carrying six high-resolution spectrometers that measure the abundances of the elements, isotopes, and ionic charge states of energetic nuclei in space. Data from these instruments is being used to measure and compare the composition of the solar corona, the nearby interstellar medium, and cosmic-ray sources in the Galaxy, and to study particle acceleration processes in a variety of environments. ACE also includes three instruments that monitor solar wind and energetic particle activity near the inner Lagrangian point, "1.5 million kilometers sunward of Earth, and provide continuous, real-time data to NOAA for use in forecasting space weather. Eleven of the articles in this volume review scientific progress and outline questions that ACE will address in solar, space-plasma, and cosmic-ray physics. Other articles describe the ACE spacecraft, the real-time solar-wind system, and the instruments used to measure energetic particle composition.

Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere
Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere

Author: L.A. Fisk

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-04-17

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9401711895

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In every scientific discipline there are milestones - periods of significant accom plishment when it is appropriate to pause and summarize the state of the field. Such is the case for the study of the behavior of cosmic rays in the heliosphere. We are just passing through solar minimum conditions, when the heliosphere has a well-ordered and relatively simple configuration. We have been fortunate to have an array of spacecraft - unprecedented in the history of space exploration and unlikely to be repeated for generations - to provide comprehensive measurements of cosmic rays throughout the heliosphere. Ulysses has completed its historic first exploration of the heliosphere at high heliographic latitudes. Pioneer and Voyager have been exploring the outer heliosphere. The durable IMP-8 and now the WIND spacecraft have provided detailed baseline measurements at Earth. Concurrently, there has been a steady improvement in theoretical understanding of cosmic ray behavior through the use of ever more sophisticated numerical models. This milestone in cosmic ray studies was celebrated with a Workshop on Cos mic Rays in the Heliosphere which was convened by L. A. Fisk, J. R. Jokipii.

Reports on Astronomy
Reports on Astronomy

Author: Immo Appenzeller

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 9401157626

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IAU Transactions are published as a volume corresponding to each General Assembly. Volume A is produced prior to the Assembly and contains Reports on Astronomy, prepared by each Commission President. The intention is to summarize the astronomical results that have affected the work of the Commission since the production of the previous Reports up to a time which is about one year prior to the General Assembly. Volume B is produced after the Assembly and contains accounts of Commission Meetings which were held, together with other material. The reports included in the present volume range from outline summaries to lengthy compilations and references. Most reports are in English.