Heliophysics
Subtitle: plasma physics of the local cosmos
By: edited by Carolus J. Schrijver, George L. Siscoe.
Contributors: Schrijver, Carolus J.; Siscoe, George L.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9780521110617
Subjects: Heliosphere (Astrophysics); Sun; Solar system
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue  -- Carolus J. Schrijver and George L. Siscoe; title: Introduction to heliophysics  -- Thomas J. Bogdan; title: Creation and destruction of magnetic field  -- Matthias Rempel; title: Magnetic field topology  -- Dana W. Longcope; title: Magnetic reconnection  -- Terry G. Forbes; title: Structures of the magnetic field ; title: Maark B. Moldwin, George L. Siscoe, and Carolus J. Schrijver --; title: Turbulence in space plasmas / Charles W. Smith --; title: The solar atmosphere / Viggo H. Hansteen --; title: Stellar winds and magnetic fields  -- Viggo H. Hansteen; title: Fundamentals of planetary magnetospheres  -- Vytenis M. Vasyliūnas; title: Solar-wind-magnetosphere coupling: an MHD perspective  -- Frank R. Toffoletto and George L. Siscoe; title: On the ionosphere and chromosphere  -- Tim J. Fuller-Rowell and Carolus J. Schrijver; title: Comparative planetary environments -- Frances Bagenal.