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New Millennium Solar Physics

  • Presents an update of solar research in the new millennium during 2000-2018, complementing the previous successful solar corona textbook in theory and observations
  • Describes new research results in solar physics in a systematic way, organized by 16 chapters of solar phenomena from the solar interior out to the heliosphere, each one subdivided into 10 topics of recent research interest
  • Provides over 3600 literature references, systematically sorted by phenomena and research topics, including the number of citations and citation rate per year for each reference

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 458)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. New Solar Instrumentation

    • Markus J. Aschwanden
    Pages 1-49
  3. Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy

    • Markus J. Aschwanden
    Pages 51-88
  4. The Solar Interior

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    Pages 89-131
  5. The Photosphere and Sunspots

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    Pages 133-173
  6. The Chromosphere and Spicules

    • Markus J. Aschwanden
    Pages 175-217
  7. The Quiet-Sun Corona

    • Markus J. Aschwanden
    Pages 219-259
  8. Coronal Holes and Jets

    • Markus J. Aschwanden
    Pages 261-302
  9. Active Regions

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    Pages 303-342
  10. Coronal Loops

    • Markus J. Aschwanden
    Pages 343-382
  11. Coronal Loop Oscillations and Waves

    • Markus J. Aschwanden
    Pages 383-421
  12. Filaments and Prominences

    • Markus J. Aschwanden
    Pages 423-461
  13. Flares: Nonthermal Particles

    • Markus J. Aschwanden
    Pages 463-502
  14. Flares: Thermal Emission

    • Markus J. Aschwanden
    Pages 503-541
  15. CME Initiation

    • Markus J. Aschwanden
    Pages 543-584
  16. CME Propagation

    • Markus J. Aschwanden
    Pages 585-624
  17. Sun-Earth Connections

    • Markus J. Aschwanden
    Pages 625-662
  18. Back Matter

    Pages 663-714

About this book

This is a follow-on book to the introductory textbook "Physics of the Solar Corona" previously published in 2004 by the same author, which provided a systematic introduction and covered mostly scientific results from the pre-2000 era. Using a similar structure as the previous book the second volume provides a seamless continuation of numerous novel research results in solar physics that emerged in the new millennium (after 2000) from the new solar missions of RHESSI, STEREO, Hinode, CORONAS, and the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) during the era of 2000-2018. The new solar space missions are characterized by unprecedented high-resolution imaging, time resolution, spectral capabilities, stereoscopy and tomography, which reveal the intricate dynamics of magneto-hydrodynamic processes in the solar corona down to scales of 100 km. The enormous amount of data streaming down from SDO in Terabytes per day requires advanced automated data processing methods. The book focuses exclusively onnew research results after 2000, which are reviewed in a comprehensive manner, documented by over 3600 literature references, covering theory, observations, and numerical modeling of basic physical processes that are observed in high-temperature plasmas of the Sun and other astrophysical objects, such as plasma instabilities, coronal heating, magnetic reconnection processes, coronal mass ejections, plasma waves and oscillations, or particle acceleration.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Solar & Astrophysics Laboratory, Palo Alto, USA

    Markus J. Aschwanden

About the author

Markus J. Aschwanden is an astrophysicist at Lockheed-Martin, Advanced Technology Center, Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, and has been a science team member and co-investigator of several leading international solar missions. He has received NASA awards over 30 years and is author of several books, including "Physics of the Solar Corona" and "Self-Organized Criticality in Astrophysics" co-published by Springer and Praxis.

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eBook USD 169.00
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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