Temporary Title 19991103: 53 (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) - Hardcover

R.G. Athay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027702446 ISBN 13: 9789027702449

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1975

Synopsis

The widespread tendency in solar physics to divide the solar atmosphere into separate layers and to distinguish phenomena of solar activity from phenomena of the quiet Sun emphasizes the wide ranging diversity of physical conditions and events occurring in the solar atmosphere. This diversity spans the range from a neutral, essentially quiescent atmosphere to a highly ionized, violently convective atmosphere; from a domain in which magnetic field effects are unimportant to a domain in which the magnetic pressure exceeds the gas pressure, and from a domain in which the particle motions are Maxwellian to a domain in which an appreciable fraction of the particles is accelerated to relativistic energies. It is now widely recognized that the chromosphere and corona have a common origin in the mechanical energy flux generated in the hydrogen convection zone lying beneath the photosphere. Furthermore, magnetic field phenomena appear to be as vital to the structure of th~ quiet Sun as to the active Sun. For these reasons it appears desirable to present a unified treatment of the entire solar atmosphere, both active and quiet, in a single volume. On the other hand, such a treatise must be very long if it is to avoid being superficial, and it is very difficult for a single author to write authoritatively on such a wide range of topics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027702446
• ISBN 13: 9789027702449
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 515