Solar Cosmic Rays Fundamentals and Applications /

• Main Author: Miroshnichenko, Leonty (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2015.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 405
• Subjects: Physics.; Space sciences.; Nuclear physics.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.

The book summarizes the results of solar cosmic ray (SCR) investigations since 1942. The present monograph, unlike the reviews published earlier, treats the problem in self-contained form, in all its associations—from fundamental astrophysical aspects to geophysical, aeronautical and cosmonautical a...

Table of Contents:

• Solar Cosmic Rays - Object and Tool for Space Research
• Observational Features and Databases of Solar Cosmic Rays
• Energetic Particles and High-Energy Solar Phenomena
• Solar Cosmic Rays at High Energies
• Particle Acceleration at the Sun
• Nuclear Interactions of Accelerated Particles at the Sun
• Acceleration and Release of Energetic Particles from the Corona
• Solar Cosmic Rays in the Interplanetary Space
• Spectrum of Solar Cosmic Rays near the Earth
• Solar Cosmic Rays in the Geosphere
• Energetic Solar Particles and Radiation Hazard in Space
• Summary and Conclusions: Problems and Prospects
• References
• Acronyms.