The Origin and Dynamics of Solar Magnetism

A. Balogh, M. J. Thompson (auth.), M. J. Thompson, A. Balogh, J. L. Culhane, Å. Nordlund, S. K. Solanki, J.-P. Zahn (eds.)9781441902382, 1441902384

The articles collected in this volume present all aspects of solar magnetism: from its origin in the solar dynamo to its evolution and dynamics that create the variability of solar phenomena, its well-known 11-year activity cycle that leads to the ever-changing pattern of sunspots and active regions on the Sun.

Several contributions deal with the solar dynamo, the driver of many solar phenomena. Other contributions treat the transport and emergence of the magnetic flux through the outer layers of the Sun. The coupling of magnetic fields from the surface to the solar corona and beyond is also described, together with current studies on the predictability of solar activity.

This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students working in solar physics and space science. It provides a full review of our current understanding of solar magnetism by the foremost experts in the field.

Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages i-iv
Introduction to Solar Magnetism: The Early Years….Pages 1-14
Solar Magnetism: The State of Our Knowledge and Ignorance….Pages 15-24
Chaos and Intermittency in the Solar Cycle….Pages 25-51
The Solar Dynamo….Pages 53-66
Flux-Transport Solar Dynamos….Pages 67-75
The Solar Dynamo: The Role of Penetration, Rotation and Shear on Convective Dynamos….Pages 77-86
Advances in Theory and Simulations of Large-Scale Dynamos….Pages 87-104
Planetary Dynamos from a Solar Perspective….Pages 105-126
Observations of Photospheric Dynamics and Magnetic Fields: From Large-Scale to Small-Scale Flows….Pages 127-149
Large Scale Flows in the Solar Convection Zone….Pages 151-173
Photospheric and Subphotospheric Dynamics of Emerging Magnetic Flux….Pages 175-195
The Topology and Behavior of Magnetic Fields Emerging at the Solar Photosphere….Pages 197-212
Sunspots: From Small-Scale Inhomogeneities Towards a Global Theory….Pages 213-228
Recent Evidence for Convection in Sunspot Penumbrae….Pages 229-247
Helioseismology of Sunspots: A Case Study of NOAA Region 9787….Pages 249-273
Small-Scale Solar Magnetic Fields….Pages 275-315
Coupling from the Photosphere to the Chromosphere and the Corona….Pages 317-350
Magnetic Flux Emergence, Activity, Eruptions and Magnetic Clouds: Following Magnetic Field from the Sun to the Heliosphere….Pages 351-381
Coronal Holes and Open Magnetic Flux….Pages 383-399
Solar Cycle Forecasting….Pages 401-412
Coronal Magnetism: Difficulties and Prospects….Pages 413-421
ISSI Workshop on Solar Magnetism: Concluding Remarks….Pages 423-428
Back Matter….Pages 431-432