Solar Corona

Informationen zum Autor Leon Golub is Senior Astrophysicist in the High Energy Division at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He specializes in studies of solar and stellar magnetic activity, and has built numerous rocket and satellite instruments to study the Sun and its dynamic behavior. Jay M. Pasachoff is Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy at Williams College, and Chair of the International Astronomical Union's Working Group on Eclipses. He has observed 48 solar eclipses and has studied the Sun in many parts of the spectrum. Klappentext Second edition graduate level textbook giving an up-to-date treatment of our understanding of the solar corona.Intended for graduate students and astronomers, this textbook is an introduction to coronal physics, balancing the observational and theoretical aspects of the subject. This second edition takes into account the major observational and theoretical developments of recent years to provide an up-to-date treatment of our understanding of the solar corona. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Brief history of coronal studies; 3. The coronal spectrum; 4. The solar cycle; 5. Ground-based observations; 6. Observations from space: I. The first 4 decades; 7. Activity of the inner corona; 8. Observations from space: II. Recent missions; 9. The solar wind; 10. Solar flares and coronal mass ejections; Notes; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Leon Golub, Leon (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrop Golub, Leon Pasachoff Golub, Golub Leon, Jay M Pasachoff, Jay M. Pasachoff, Pasachoff Jay M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.10.2009
• EAN: 9780521882019
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88201-9
• No. of pages: 404
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, Solar system: the Sun & planets, Solar system: the Sun and planets, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy