Solar Energetic Particles A Modern Primer on Understanding Sources, Acceleration and Propagation /

• Main Author: Reames, Donald V. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 932
• Subjects: Physics.; Geophysics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Plasma Physics.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

This concise primer introduces the non-specialist reader to the physics of solar energetic particles (SEP) and systematically reviews the evidence for the two main mechanisms which lead to the so-called impulsive and gradual SEP events. More specifically, the timing of the onsets, the longitude dist...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• History
• Distinguishing Two Sources
• Impulsive SEP events
• Gradual SEP Events
• High Energies and Radiation Effects
• Measurements of SEPs
• Summary and Conclusions.