Basic Plasma Processes on the Sun: Proceedings of the 142th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union Held in Bangalore, India, December 1-5, 1989 / Edition 1

by E.R. Priest, Vinod Krishan

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792308799
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	09/30/1990
Series:	International Astronomical Union Symposia , #142
Edition description:	1990
Pages:	546
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 11.69(h) x 0.05(d)

Table of Contents

I. Introduction.- II. The Solar Interior.- III. Stellar Plasmas.- IV. Photospheric Flows and Magnetic Fields.- V. Photospheric Flux Tubes.- VI. Chromospheric And Coronal Heating.- VII. Magnetic Reconnection And Coronal Evolution.- VIII. Solar Flares.- IX. Solar Radio Emission.- List of Participants.

Editorial Reviews

'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)

From the Publisher

This collection of papers from the December 1989 Symposium covers processes occurring in the solar interior, the solar photosphere and the solar chromosphere. In this connection relevant phenomena such as coronal heating, photospheric flux tubes, reconnection processes, solar flares, magnetic fields and radio emission are discussed. Theoretical considerations are presented on stellar plasmas, which bear an obvious link to plasmas in the sun. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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