Theoretical and observational problems related to solar eclipses
By: edited by Zadig Mouradian, Magda Stavinschi.
Contributors: Mouradian, Zadig.; Stavinschi, Magda.; North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.; NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Theoretical and Observational Problems Related to Solar Eclipses (1996 : Bucharest, Romania)
Series: NATO ASI series, Series C, Mathematical and physical sciences ;; vol. 494; NATO ASI series.; no. 494.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Solar eclipses.
Description: The contributions to this book are based on our current knowledge of solar corona physics and on the prospects for future total eclipse observations, focusing on the eclipse of August 11, 1999 - the last this century - which forecasters believe will occur at precisely the maximum of solar activity. The results of past eclipse observations are reviewed, including coronal hot and cold structures, coronal heating, public education and instrumental problems. The relation of the corona to the Sun is discussed, viz., the energy and mass transfer between the chromosphere and the corona, including the formation of prominences by coronal condensation in coronal cavities and the supply of mass to the corona by spicules. The coronal heating mechanism is also discussed, viz. does heating occur in current sheets or in sheaths surrounding flux tubes? Prospects for international collaborative observations, both ground-based and from space, are presented.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division."
"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Theoretical and Observational Problems Related to Solar Eclipses, Bucharest, Romania, 1-5 June 1996"--T.p. verso.