THE PHYSICS OF THE SOLAR CORONA AND TRANSITION REGION by Oddbjorn Engvold (Editor), John W. Harvey (Editor), C. J. Schrijver (Editor) ( 9780792363576 )

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Title:

THE PHYSICS OF THE SOLAR CORONA AND TRANSITION REGION

By:

Oddbjorn Engvold (Editor), John W. Harvey (Editor), C. J. Schrijver (Editor)

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0792363574

ISBN 13:

9780792363576

Publisher:

KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS

Edition:

Reprinted from SOLAR PHYSICS, 190:1-2, 2000

Pages:

497

Description:

Contains papers contributed to a workshop that was dedicated to an exploration of the results on the solar corona, as well as on the transition region and low solar wind. This book includes papers that review developments and original research papers based on observations from many different observatories.

Synopsis:

Solar Physics publishes up to two Topical Issues per year that focus on areas of especially vigorous and active research. The present Topical Issue contains papers of recent results on the solar corona, as well as on the transition region and low solar wind. The majority of these papers, which were all refereed in accordance with the standards of Solar Physics, were presented in August 1999 at a workshop held in Monterey, California. The authors were offered the opportunity to present relevant parts of their contributions on an accompanying CD ROM of this Topical Issue. The Sun's magnetic field is responsible for the spectacularly dynamic and intri- cate phenomenon that we call the corona. The past decade has seen an enormous increase in our understanding of this part of the solar outer atmosphere, both as a result of observations and because of rapid advances in numerical studies. The Yohkoh satellite has observed the Sun now for over eight years, producing spectac- ular sequences of images that convey the complexity of the corona. The imaging and spectroscopic instruments on SOHO have added information on the cooler part of the corona.And since April of 1998 TRACE has given us very high resolution images of the 1-2 MK corona, at cadences that allow detailed observations of field oscillations, loop evolution, mass ejecta, etc.

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