Handbook on Solar Wind

Effects, Dynamics & Interactions

Buch | Hardcover

434 Seiten

2009
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-60692-572-0 (ISBN)

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The solar wind is a stream of charged particles - a plasma - ejected from the upper atmosphere of the sun. It consists of electrons and protons with energies of about 1 keV. The solar wind creates the Heliosphere, a vast bubble in the interstellar medium surrounding the solar system. This book presents the research in the world on this topic.

The solar wind is a stream of charged particles -- a plasma -- ejected from the upper atmosphere of the sun. It consists mostly of electrons and protons with energies of about 1 keV. These particles are able to escape the sun's gravity, in part because of the high temperature of the corona, but also because of high kinetic energy that particles gain through a process that is not well-understood at this time. The solar wind creates the Heliosphere, a vast bubble in the interstellar medium surrounding the solar system. Other phenomena include geomagnetic storms that can knock out power grids on Earth, the aurorae such as the Northern Lights, and the plasma tails of comets that always point away from the sun. This book presents the latest research in the world on this topic.

Preface; On the Relationship between Solar Activity and Forest Fires; Statistical Characteristics of the Heliospheric Plasma and Magnetic Field at the Earth's Orbit during Four Solar Cycles 20-23; Solar Energy Research, Sustainable Development and Applications; Experimental and Modeling Evidences of the Solar Wind Energy Influence on the Earth Atmosphere; Solar Wind and Motion of Interplanetary Dust Grains; A Role of the Solar Wind in Dynamics of Interstellar Dust in the Solar System; Solar Wind, Large Diamagnetic Cavities, and Energetic Particles; Solar Wind Interaction with Artificial Atmospheres; Electrostatic Wind Propulsion; Solar Radiation over Dongola, Northern Sudan; Electrostatic Solar Light - Wind Sail; AB - Solar and Solar Wind Sail; Electrostatic Magsail; The 27-Day Periodicity in Geomagnetic Activity and Solar Wind Parameters over Solar Cycle 23; On the Limits of Applicability of the Ray Interference Integral Method for Calculations of the Temporal Structure of Solar Radio Bursts; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.1.2009
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	260 x 180 mm
Gewicht	948 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	1-60692-572-5 / 1606925725
ISBN-13	978-1-60692-572-0 / 9781606925720
Zustand	Neuware