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Transport and Energy Conversion in the Heliosphere: Lectures Given at the CNRS Summer School on Solar Astrophysics, Oleron, France, 25–29 May 1998

By Jean Heyvaerts (auth.) , J.-P. Rozelot , L. Klein , J.-C. Vial (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2000
ISBN
3540675957, 9783540675952
DOI
10.1007/3-540-45166-8
ISSN
0075-8450
LCC
QC881.2.H43 T73 2000
Open Library ID
OL24222334M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1236652 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 553
Edition
1
Pages
210\210
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Astronomy; Geophysics/Geodesy; Astrophysics

Description

The book contains courses taught to a public of Ph.D. students, post-docs and confirmed researchers in all fields of heliospheric plasma physics. It aims at identifying physical issues which are common to two different fields of astronomy: solar and magnetospheric physics. Emphasis is given to basic processes of transport and conversion of energy: magnetic reconnection is discussed in detail from the viewpoints of MHD and kinetic physics. Processes of charged particle acceleration are reviewed and compared with recent observations. The subject is introduced by a summary of MHD, and the basic structures and parameters of the solar atmosphere, terrestrial ionosphere and magnetosphere are reviewed. The book combines a pedagogic and comprehensive presentation of physical issues and raises fully open questions, with the complementary and sometimes conflicting views of geophysicists and solar physicists. The book's focus, while basic, opens new avenues.

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