Basics of the Solar Wind

Name: Basics of the Solar Wind
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ISBN: 9781107407459

ISBN-10: 1107407451

ISBN-13: 9781107407459

Edition: 2012

Authors: Nicole Meyer-Vernet

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The Sun continually ejects matter into space, blowing a huge bubble of supersonic plasma. This solar wind bathes the whole solar system and shapes all planetary environments. The growth of space technology has considerably increased our knowledge of this medium. This 2007 book presents an introduction to the subject, starting with basic principles and including all the latest advances from space exploration and theory. It contains a short introduction to plasma physics and discusses the structure of the solar interior and atmosphere, the production of solar wind and its perturbations. It explains the objects of the Solar System, from dust to comets and planets, and their interaction with…

Book details

List price: $47.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.61" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.672
Language: English



Preface



The Wind From the Sun: an Introduction



A brief history of ideas



Looking at the Sun



Observing the solar wind



Toolkit for Space Plasma Physics



What is a plasma?



Dynamics of a charged particle



Many particles: from kinetics to MHD



Basic tools for ionisation



Problems



Anatomy of the Sun



An (almost) ordinary star



Structure and dynamics



Some guesses on solar magnetism



Problems



The Outer Solar Atmosphere



From the photosphere to the corona



Force balance and magnetic structures



Energy balance



Some prominent species



Time variability



Coronal heating: Boojums at work?



Hydrostatic instability of the corona



Problems



How does the solar wind blow?



The basic problem



Simple fluid theory



Letting the temperature vary



A mixture of fluids



Kinetic descriptions



Building a 'full' theory?



Problems



Structure and Perturbations



Basic large-scale magnetic field



Three-dimensional structure during the solar cycle



Major perturbations



Waves and turbulence



Minor constituents



Problems



Bodies in the Wind: Dust, Asteroids, Planets and Comets



Bodies in the wind



Basics of the interaction



The magnetospheric engine



Physics of heliospheric dust grains



Comets; 7.6. Problems



The Solar Wind in the Universe



The frontier of the heliosphere



Cosmic rays



Examples of winds in the universe



Problems


Index