Basic Plasma Processes on the Sun (International Astronomical Union Symposia, 142)

Priest, E R (Editor), and Krishan, Vinod, (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0792308794 / ISBN 13: 9780792308799

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990

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1990 hardcover with jacket/name hand-stamped on the front free endpaper & minor wear on the jacket/clean & unmarked/new clear archival cover. 540 p.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1665590219431

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Basic Plasma Processes on the Sun (International Astronomical Union Symposia, 142)
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792308794
• ISBN 13: 9780792308799
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Much of the excitement in modern Solar Physics has come from the realisation that the Sun is a plasma and that this plasma is interacting with the magnetic field in a wide variety of subtle ways. As well as being of great interest in their own right the observed plasma phenomena on the Sun are of much wider importance, since they reveal to us details of basic phenomena that are expected to be occurring throughout the universe. It was with this in mind that 173 solar physicists from 17 countries gathered together in Bangalore with an air of anticipation. We were not disappointed as we received the warmest of welcomes from our graceful and charming host,Vinod Krishan. She and her colleagues worked tirelessly to make our stay a most memorable one and to ensure that the meeting ran with calm and efficiency. In addition to being stimulated by an excellent series of talks on the up-to-the­ minute advances in our subject, it was a pleasure to make new friendships from so many countries and to learn, in particular, of the Solar Physics being done in India which has a great tradition and is of a high standard. Furthermore, we enjoyed hearing about Indian culture and appreciating its beauty, especially on our day's tour into the countryside to visit some Hindu and Jain temples.

Review

'The book is thoroughly recommended to those working in solar physics and plasma-astrophysics, as well as those starting a Ph.D. in these fields.'
Space Science Reviews 61:424 (1992)