Advances in Solar Physics: Proceedings of the Seventh European Meeting on Solar Physics Held in Catania, Italy, 11–15 May 1993

Jean-Claude Pecker (auth.), G. Belvedere, M. Rodonò, G. M. Simnett (eds.)3540580417, 9783540580416, 0387580417

This book begins with a very readable survey “The Sun Today” by J.-C. Pecker. It is followed by thorough reviews from leading experts covering theory and observations. The focus shifts from the solar core, studied via neutrino emissions and helioseismology, through the interface regions where it is believed the large-scale magnetic fields are generated, to the corona, where most of the high temperature phenomena characteristic of this region may be studied directly. As energetic particles play such a vigorous role in this part of the sun, a separate session was devoted to their transport and storage in the corona.

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Table of contents :
The Sun today….Pages 1-13
Recent results from helioseismology….Pages 17-28
The structure of the solar core….Pages 29-40
New sub-barrier nuclear fusion cross sections as a possible solution to the solar neutrino problem….Pages 41-46
Helioseismic evidence for mixing in the radiative interior….Pages 47-52
Microscopic settling and turbulent diffusion induced by rotation in the sun….Pages 53-58
Mean-field theory of the solar dynamo….Pages 59-72
Hydrodynamical simulations of the solar dynamo….Pages 73-84
The asymmetric behaviour of solar activity….Pages 85-90
On the possibility of supergiant stable flows in the convection zone of the sun….Pages 91-94
Stellar dynamos….Pages 95-100
On magnetic fields, rossby numbers and dynamo action in late-type stars….Pages 101-106
The magnetic field of the solar corona….Pages 107-120
The control of the corona by the convective zone magnetic fields….Pages 121-133
Line-tying in a gravitationally stratified atmosphere….Pages 135-140
Magnetic fields surrounding coronal holes….Pages 141-145
Coronal heating mechanisms….Pages 147-160
Coronal heating via nanoflares….Pages 161-166
Magnetic structures of the intermediate corona….Pages 167-172
Oscillations in quiescent prominences….Pages 173-178
Pressure diagnostics of coronal loops observed by NIXT….Pages 179-184
Quiet sun from multifrequency radio observations on RATAN-600….Pages 185-190
Frequency spectra of solar microwave bursts associated with coronal mass ejections….Pages 191-196
Observations of high-energy (E≥10 MeV) gamma-rays with the PHEBUS instrument….Pages 197-202
Observational characteristics of explosive events….Pages 203-215
Plasma physics of explosive phenomena….Pages 217-224
A search for small solar flares with BATSE….Pages 225-230
Solar flares and laboratory experiments….Pages 231-236
Particle acceleration and radiation generation by nonlinear mode-mode coupling processes in the solar corona….Pages 237-240
A fast mechanism for the acceleration of solar energetic particles in solar flares….Pages 241-246
Acceleration and storage of energetic particles in the solar corona….Pages 247-260
Electromagnetic signatures of particle acceleration and propagation….Pages 261-272
Proton acceleration in long duration flares….Pages 273-278
Signatures of proton beams in the Lyα profile: Sensitivity of the diagnostics….Pages 279-284
Ground — based instrumentation….Pages 285-296
Space instrumentation….Pages 297-309
The Yohkoh mission: Instruments and recent results….Pages 311-314
High resolution solar observations: Spectropolarimetry with THEMIS….Pages 315-318
Conference summary….Pages 319-335