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- Problems and Solutions for Students now included in this paperback edition
- Draws on the most recent observations of solar phenomena obtained by the current generation of space missions, and includes the very latest imaging material most consistent with current observations
- Incorporates all the new results and discoveries made and presents them in a systematic form, suitable for students and researchers
- Includes high quality data and previously unseen images obtained as a result of the author’s access to the data archives of all current solar space missions
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Astronomy and Planetary Sciences (ASTRONOMY)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Solar science has evolved rapidly over the past ten years as the results of a new generation of solar space missions have become available. This book provides a thorough introduction to the subject of solar physics, based on those spacecraft observations. The author introduces the solar corona, which has a temperature of several million degrees, 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, which are fundamental processes in all stars, 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 author draws together observations made at many wavelengths from hard X-rays, soft X-rays, extreme UV and radio wavelengths.
This paperback study edition of Markus Aschwanden’s highly acclaimed Physics of the Solar Corona will include 50 pages of problems and solutions which will much enhance the value of the book to students.
Authors and Affiliations
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Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, Palo Alto, USA
Markus J Aschwanden
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Physics of the Solar Corona
Book Subtitle: An Introduction with Problems and Solutions
Authors: Markus J Aschwanden
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30766-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-30765-5Published: 30 January 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-30766-2Published: 26 August 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 908
Additional Information: Jointly published with Praxis Publishing, UK
Topics: Planetology, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Astrophysics and Astroparticles