Lectures on Solar Physics

This volume has grown out of lectures addressing primarily graduate students and researchers working in related areas in both astrophysics and space sciences. All contributions are self-contained and do not require prior in-depth knowledge of solar physics. The result is a unique textbook that fulfills the needs of those wishing to have a pedagogic exposition of solar physics bringing them up-to-date in a field full of vitality and with exciting research.

List of contents

Overview of Solar Physics.- Instrumentation and Observational Techniques in Solar Astronomy.- Solar Interior and Seismology.- The Active and Explosive Sun.- Magnetic Flux Tubes and Activity on the Sun.- Solar Magnetic Fields.- The Physics of Chromospheres and Coronae.- The Solar Corona.- The Solar Wind.

Product details

• Assisted by: H. M. Antia (Editor), H.M. Antia (Editor), Bhatnagar (Editor), A Bhatnagar (Editor), A. Bhatnagar (Editor), Arvind Bhatnagar (Editor), Peter Ulmschneider (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.2010
• EAN: 9783642056864
• ISBN: 978-3-642-05686-4
• No. of pages: 338
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 539 g
• Illustrations: XIII, 338 p.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics; Lecture Notes in Physics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Astrophysik, Geophysik, C, Geophysics, Astrophysics, Astronomy, space & time, Physics and Astronomy, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astronomy—Observations, Observations, Astronomical, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Geophysics/Geodesy, Space Physics, Space sciences