Space Solar Physics: Theoretical and Observational Issues in the Context of the SOHO Mission Proceedings of a Summer School Held in Orsay, France, 1–13 September 1997

Teodoro Roca Cortés (auth.), Jean Claude Vial, Karine Bocchialini, Patrick Boumier (eds.)3540643079, 9783540643074

This is a fair overview of the basic problems in Solar Physics. The authors address not only the physics that is well understood but also discuss many open questions. The lecturers’ involvement in the SOHO mission guarantees a modern and up-to-date analysis of observational data and makes this volume an extremely valuable source for further research.

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Table of contents :
Methods and techniques in helioseismology….Pages 1-40
Solar magnetic fields: an introduction….Pages 41-75
Heating of chromospheres and coronae….Pages 77-106
Solar wind….Pages 107-141
Plasma diagnostics for the solar atmosphere….Pages 143-162
Radiative transfer and radiation hydrodynamics….Pages 163-186
Basic concepts in solar magnetohydrodynamics….Pages 187-215
Heliospheric plasma physics: an introduction….Pages 217-244
Instrumentation: Spectroscopy….Pages 245-261
A SOHO user manual….Pages 263-270
SOHO: an example of Project Management….Pages 271-279
Future ESA Projects….Pages 281-296