Exploring the Secrets of the Aurora Second Edition /

• Main Author: Akasofu, Syun-Ichi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 278
• Subjects: Physics.; Geophysics.; Atmospheric sciences.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; Hadrons.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.

This new edition of Exploring the Secrets of the Aurora is based on the author's own experiences as a scientist. It describes the history of progress made in auroral science and magnetospheric physics by providing examples of ideas, controversies, struggles, acceptance, and success. Although no...

Table of Contents:

• Search for the Unknown Quantity in the Solar Wind
• Confronting Paradigms: Aurora Research During the Early Space Age
• Realizing the Dream of Our Pioneers: Polar Magnetic Substorms and the Associated Current System
• Synthesis of Magnetospheric Substorm Phenomena
• Planetary Magnetic Fields: Is the Earth’s Dipole Really Off-Centered and Inclined?
• Recurrent Geomagnetic Disturbances and the Solar Wind
• Myth of the Emerging Flux Tubes: Sunspots and Solar Flares
• Space Weather Research
• Beyond the Inner Heliosphere: The Magnetic Field Structure of the Outer Heliosphere: A Three-Dimensional Model.