Heliophysical Processes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gopalswamy, Natchimuthuk (Editor), Hasan, S. (Editor), Ambastha, Ashok (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings,
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Astrophysics.; Space sciences.; Particle acceleration.; Atoms.; Matter.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.

An outgrowth of the first Asia-Pacific Regional School on the International Heliophysical Year (IHY), this volume contains a collection of review articles describing the universal physical processes in the heliospace influenced by solar electromagnetic and mass emissions. The Sun affects the heliosp...

Table of Contents:

• The Sun in the Universe
• Solar Interior
• Dynamo Processes
• Large-Scale Solar Eruptions
• Solar Energetic Particles: Acceleration and Observations
• The Solar Wind and Its Interaction with the Interstellar Medium
• Reconnection Process in the Sun and Heliosphere
• MHD Fluctuations in the Heliosphere
• Radio Emission Processes: Part I
• Elemental and Charge State Composition in the Heliosphere
• Planetary Atmospheres
• Planetary Ionospheres
• Planetary Magnetospheres
• The Sun and Space Weather
• Sun: Climate Coupling on Sub-Decadal to Multi-Millennial Time Scales
• The Planetary X-ray Emission.