The Solar Corona - Softcover

Golub, Leon; Pasachoff, Jay M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521485355 ISBN 13: 9780521485357

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Observations from the ground and space have advanced our knowledge of the solar corona dramatically over the past three decades. This timely volume presents a lucid and synthesized review of the latest observations of the solar corona and discusses how these observations have advanced and shaped our understanding of coronal physics. In the process, the authors introduce a wide variety of exciting physics, including dynamo theory and radiative transfer. They also demonstrate how the transient effects of the solar cycle effect "space weather." This book provides a much-needed introduction to coronal physics for advanced students and researchers.

About this title

Book Description

Observations from the ground and space have advanced our knowledge of the solar corona dramatically over the last three decades. This textbook is the first to present this new understanding at a level appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and researchers seeking an entry-point into the research literature. This timely volume presents a lucid and synthesised review of the latest observations of the solar corona and how they have advanced and shaped our understanding of coronal physics. This book provides a much-needed introduction to coronal physics for advanced students and researchers.

About the Author

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0521485355
• ISBN 13: 9780521485357
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392