Energy Conversion and Particle Acceleration in the Solar Corona

Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-3-642-05546-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 612, 319 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 505 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Physics

The conversion of energy generated in the Sun’s interior creates its hot corona and a wealth of dynamical phenomena such as ?ares, mass ejections and tr- sientnonthermalpopulationsofchargedparticles. Theseprocessesareofgeneral interest in astrophysics. In the case of the Sun they can be probed by a unique combination of imaging, spectrographic and in situ measurements. Radio obs- vations provide important diagnostics, and many instruments are operated by small research groups in Europe. The stimulation of joint investigations using radio diagnostics is a major role of CESRA, the Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers. This volume is based on the CESRA Workshop and Eu- conference Energy Conversion and Particle Acceleration in the Solar Corona held 2–6 July 2001, at Schloss Ringberg near Tegernsee (Germany). It aims to address a broader community of astrophyscists, including graduate students and researchers who want to gain an insight into this subject. The workshop was organised by a scienti?c committee composed of C. Al- sandrakis (Greece), F. Chiuderi-Drago and G. Einaudi (Italy), M. Karlicky ´ (Czech Republic), K. -L. Klein (France), J. Kuijpers (The Netherlands; president of the joint Solar Physics Section of the European Physical Society and the - ropean Astronomical Society), and G. Mann and R. Treumann (Germany). The local organisers were R. Treumann and A. Czaykowska (Max Planck Institut fur ¨ Extraterrestische Physik, Munich), assisted by the Copernicus Gesellschaft.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klein, Karl-Ludwig

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Hochenergiephysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Geophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Sonnensystem: Sonne und Planeten
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Plasmaphysik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Aeronomie, Ionosphäre, Magnetosphäre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Energy Release and Magnetic Reconnection.- Magnetic Reconnection on the Sun and in the Earth’s Magnetosphere.- Magnetic 3-D Configurations of Energy Release in Solar Flares.- Theoretical Models of Magnetic Configurations Relevant to Energy Release.- The Energy Release Process in Solar Flares; Constraints from TRACE Observations.- Radio Diagnostics of Flare Energy Release.- Signature of Energy Release and Particle Acceleration Observed by the Nobeyama Radioheliograph.- How Well Do We Understand Magnetic Reconnection?.- Energetic Particles at and from the Sun.- What Can Be Learned About Competing Acceleration Models from Multiwavelength Observations?.- Transport of Energy from the Corona to the Chromosphere During Flares.- On the Origin of Solar Energetic Particle Events.- Acceleration and Propagation of Solar Energetic Particles.- Particle Acceleration by Magnetic Reconnection.- Particle Acceleration Processes in Cosmic Plasmas.- Aspects of Current Research.- Recent Progress in Understanding Energy Conversion and Particle Acceleration in the Solar Corona.- Solar Observations at Submillimeter Wavelengths.