Coronal Physics from Radio and Space Observations: Proceedings of the CESRA Workshop Held in Nouan le Fuzelier, France, 3–7 June 1996

Robert D. Bentley (auth.), Gérard Trottet (eds.)3540627979, 9783540627975

This volume provides an overview of our current understanding of the physics related to: coronal structures and coronal heating; large-scale coronal shock waves and coronal mass ejections; particle beams in the solar corona and in the interplanetary medium; and explosive energy-release phenomena and particle acceleration. The different articles give a well-balanced presentation of relevant observations based upon various techniques, models and theories, providing a global view of these phenomena and of the underlying physics. In-situ measurements of particles and waves with ULYSSES and WIND and spectral and imaging data from SOHO and YOHKOH provide an unprecedented richness of relevant data. For their better understanding, radio observations – also included in this book – play a key role.

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Table of contents :
Diagnostics of energy release in the X-ray corona….Pages 3-27
Solar flare radio and hard X-ray observations and the avalanche model….Pages 28-52
Radio observations of the quiet sun and their implications on coronal heating….Pages 53-67
Energy release in the solar corona….Pages 68-90
Observations of the 3D distributions of thermal to near-relativistic electrons in the interplanetary medium by the wind spacecraft….Pages 93-107
Coronal and interplanetary particle beams….Pages 108-131
Coronal mass ejections and type II radio bursts….Pages 135-160
Shock waves and coronal mass ejections….Pages 161-180
An upgrade of nobeyama radioheliograph to a dual-frequency (17 and 34 GHz) system….Pages 183-191
The nançay radioheliograph….Pages 192-201
Recent developments of the solar Submm-wave telescope (SST)….Pages 202-206
Solar astronomy and the Square Kilometer Array Interferometer….Pages 207-217
Prospects for the solar radio telescope….Pages 218-226