The Composition of Matter

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Foreword

   • R. von Steiger, G. Gloeckler, G. M. Mason

   Pages 1-2

3. Acknowledgement

   • Johannes Geiss

   Pages 3-4

4. Linking Primordial to Solar and Galactic Composition

   • Johannes Geiss, George Gloeckler

   Pages 5-26

5. Origin and Evolution of the Light Nuclides

   • N. Prantzos

   Pages 27-42

6. Abundances of Light Elements

   • R. G. Gratton

   Pages 43-52

7. The Milky Way 3-Helium Abundance

   • T. M. Bania, R. T. Rood, D. S. Balser

   Pages 53-62

8. Dark Matter Searches

   • K. Pretzl

   Pages 63-72

9. Comets and Chemical Composition

   • S. N. Delanoye, J. De Keyser

   Pages 73-78

10. Elemental Abundances of the Bulk Solar Wind: Analyses from Genesis and ACE

    • D. B. Reisenfeld, D. S. Burnett, R. H. Becker, A. G. Grimberg, V. S. Heber, C. M. Hohenberg et al.

    Pages 79-86

11. Presolar Grains in Meteorites and Their Compositions

    • Ulrich Ott

    Pages 87-95

12. Planetary Atmospheres

    • Tobias C. Owen

    Pages 97-104

13. The Solar Chemical Composition

    • N. Grevesse, M. Asplund, A. J. Sauval

    Pages 105-114

14. Spectroscopic Measurement of Coronal Compositions

    • U. Feldman, K. G. Widing

    Pages 115-126

15. Solar Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy

    • R. J. Murphy

    Pages 127-138

16. The Composition of the Solar Wind in Polar Coronal Holes

    • George Gloeckler, Johannes Geiss

    Pages 139-152

17. Acceleration and Composition of Solar Wind Suprathermal Tails

    • L. A. Fisk, G. Gloeckler

    Pages 153-160

18. Solar and Solar-Wind Composition Results from the Genesis Mission

    • R. C. Wiens, D. S. Burnett, C. M. Hohenberg, A. Meshik, V. Heber, A. Grimberg et al.

    Pages 161-171

19. Isotopic Composition of the Solar Wind Inferred from In-Situ Spacecraft Measurements

    • R. Kallenbach, K. Bamert, M. Hilchenbach

    Pages 173-182

20. Solar Elemental Composition Based on Studies of Solar Energetic Particles

    • C. M. S. Cohen, R. A. Mewaldt, R. A. Leske, A. C. Cummings, E. C. Stone, M. E. Wiedenbeck et al.

    Pages 183-194

we thank Johannes for providing us with the occasion to gather in his name and for shaping and supporting the careers of so many of us. May 2007 R. von Steiger, G. Gloeckler, G.M. Mason Space Sci Rev (2007) 130: 3–4 DOI 10.1007/s11214-007-9240-0 Acknowledgement Published online: 21 July 2007 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007 Early in 2006, Edward C. Stone, Principal Investigator of NASA’s Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE); Len A. Fisk, Chair of the Space Studies Board of the US National Research Council; and the Directorate of the International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Roger M. Bonnet, Andre Balogh and Rudolf von Steiger, agreed to hold a joint ACE/ISSI Symposium on the “Composition of Matter”, at the occasion of my 80th birthday. I feel deeply honoured by this exceptional distinction and was thrilled to participate, because for more than 50 years my research has been centred around measurements of the composition of matter of various origins, reaching—in geocentric coordinates—from deep-sea sediments to the limits of solar in uence, where comets come from and where the solar wind meets the interstellar medium. The symposium at Grindelwald, beautifully located at the foot of the Bernese Alps, was organised by Ruedi von Steiger, Silvia Wenger and Barbara Gerber, who created the special atmosphere for which ISSI meetings have become known.

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