The Transport of Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere and the Local Interstellar Medium
Author: Ciarán Kenny
Publisher:
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13:
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Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere
Author: George M. Simnett
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-07-04
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9783319828398
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis monograph traces the development of our understanding of how and where energetic particles are accelerated in the heliosphere and how they may reach the Earth. Detailed data sets are presented which address these topics. The bulk of the observations are from spacecraft in or near the ecliptic plane. It is timely to present this subject now that Voyager-1 has entered the true interstellar medium. Since it seems unlikely that there will be a follow-on to the Voyager programme any time soon, the data we already have regarding the outer heliosphere are not going to be enhanced for at least 40 years.
Exploration of the Outer Heliosphere and the Local Interstellar Medium
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2004-11-25
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 0309091861
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report is the summary of a workshop held in May 2003 by the Space Studies Board's Committee on Solar and Space Physics to synthesize understanding of the physics of the outer heliosphere and the critical role played by the local interstellar medium (LISM) and to identify directions for the further exploration of this challenging environment.
The Heliosphere in the Local Interstellar Medium
Author: Rudolf von Steiger
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9400917821
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn summary, we can conclude that the contributions of the different ionization processes to the total ionization rate for the most abundant interstellar species are basically known. The ionization of the noble gases He and Ne is almost completely dominated by photoionization, whereas for H charge-exchange with the solar wind is most important. For other species, such as 0 and Ar, both processes contribute significantly. Electron impact ionization can typically contribute by '" 10% to the total rate in the inner Solar System. Because direct measurements of the solar EUV flux are not yet continuously available, the variation of the ionization rate over the solar cycle still contains a relatively large uncertainty. The recent measurements of pickup ion distributions and of the neutral helium gas provide an independent tool to determine the total ionization rate that can be used to cross calibrate with the results obtained for the individual ionization processes. Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to M. Allen for supplying us with new data on photoioniza tion cross-sections compiled by him. We thank also M. Gruntman for drawing our attention to and support in collecting the most recent data on charge-exchange cross-sections. D. R. was supported by grant No. 2 P03C. 004. 09 from the Com mittee for Scientific Research (Poland). This work was also supported in part through NASA contract NAS7-918, NSF Grant INT-911637, NASA Grant NAGW- 2579.
Cosmic Winds and the Heliosphere
Author: Jack Randolph Jokipii
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 1997-10
Total Pages: 1060
ISBN-13: 9780816518258
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContributors examine the physics of wind origin and physical phenomena in winds, including heliospheric shocks, magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, and kinetic phenomena--and their interactions with surrounding media. Contributions range from studies of the interstellar cloud surrounding the solar system to solar wind interaction with comets.
Exploration of the Outer Heliosphere and the Local Interstellar Medium
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2004-10-25
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 0309165563
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report is the summary of a workshop held in May 2003 by the Space Studies Board's Committee on Solar and Space Physics to synthesize understanding of the physics of the outer heliosphere and the critical role played by the local interstellar medium (LISM) and to identify directions for the further exploration of this challenging environment.
The Outer Heliosphere: The Next Frontiers
Author: E. Marsch
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2001-09-19
Total Pages: 543
ISBN-13: 0080538282
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe eleventh COSPAR colloquium The Outer Heliosphere: The Next Frontiers was held in Potsdam, Germany, from 24-28 July, 2000, and is the second dedicated to this subject after the first one held in Warsaw, Poland in 1989. Roughly a century has passed after the first ideas by Oliver Lodge, George Francis Fitzgerald and Kristan Birkeland about particle clouds emanating from the Sun and interacting with the Earth environment. Only a few decades after the formulation of the concepts of a continuous solar corpuscular radiation by Ludwig Bierman and a solar wind by Eugene Parker, heliospheric physics has evolved into an important branch of astrophysical research. Numerous spacecraft missions have increased the knowledge about the heliosphere tremendously. Now, at the beginning of a new millenium it seems possible, by newly developed propulasion technologies to send a spacecraft beyond the boundaries of the heliosphere. Such an Interstellar Proce will start the in-situ exploration of interstellar space and, thus, can be considered as the first true astrophysical spacecraft. The year 2000 appeared to be a highly welcome occassion to review the achievements since the last COSPAR Colloquia 11 years ago, to summarize the present developments and to give new impulse for future activities in heliospheric research.
Cosmic Ray Interactions, Propagation, and Acceleration in Space Plasmas
Author: Lev Dorman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2006-09-02
Total Pages: 877
ISBN-13: 1402051018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChapter 1 briefly describes the main properties of space plasmas and primary CR. Chapter 2 considers the problem of CR propagation in space plasmas described by the kinetic equation and different types of diffusion approximations. Chapter 3 is devoted to CR non-linear effects in space plasmas caused by CR pressure and CR kinetic stream instabilities with the generation of Alfvèn turbulence. In Chapter 4 different processes of CR acceleration in space plasmas are considered. The book ends with a list providing more than 1,300 full references, a discussion on future developments and unsolved problems, as well as Object and Author indexes.
Space Physics
Author: May-Britt Kallenrode
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an introduction to the physics of space plasmas and its applications to current research into heliospheric and magnetospheric physics. To help the beginner, this book uses a new approach, interweaving concepts and observations to give basic explanations of the phenomena, to show limitations in these explanations, and to identify fundamental questions. 170 illus.
Solar and Space Physics
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2014-09-25
Total Pages: 37
ISBN-13: 0309313953
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 2010, NASA and the National Science Foundation asked the National Research Council to assemble a committee of experts to develop an integrated national strategy that would guide agency investments in solar and space physics for the years 2013-2022. That strategy, the result of nearly 2 years of effort by the survey committee, which worked with more than 100 scientists and engineers on eight supporting study panels, is presented in the 2013 publication, Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society. This booklet, designed to be accessible to a broader audience of policymakers and the interested public, summarizes the content of that report.
