Physics of the Solar Corona and Transition Region: Part II Proceedings of the Monterey Workshop, held in Monterey, California, August 1999

by Oddbjorn Engvold (Editor), John W. Harvey (Editor), C.J. Schrijver (Editor), Neal E. Hurlburt (Editor)

Overview

Proceedings of the Monterey Workshop, held in Monterey, California, August 1999

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792370437
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	06/30/2001
Edition description:	Reprinted from SOLAR PHYSICS, 193:1-2, 2001
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Three-Dimensional Separator Reconnection — How Does It Occur?.- The Structure of Force-Free Magnetic Fields.- Models of Dynamic Coronal Loops.- Cross-Sectional Properties of Coronal Loops.- Width Variations along Coronal Loops Observed by TRACE.- How Accurately Can We Determine the Coronal Heating Mechanism in the Large-Scale Solar Corona?.- SERTS-97 Measurements of Relative Wavelength Shifts in Coronal Emission Lines across a Solar Active Region.- Modeling Coronal Loop Abundances: Effects of Parameter Variations on Observables.- Waves and Oscillations in the Corona.- Can Gravitational Effects Damp Alfvén Waves?.- Observations of the 24 September 1997 Coronal Flare Waves.- Structure of a Large Low-Latitude Coronal Hole.- Electro-Mechanical Coupling between the Photosphere and Transition Region.- The Magnetic Connectivity of Moss Regions.- Magnetic Activity Associated with Radio Noise Storms.- A Kinetic Model of Coronal Heating and Acceleration by Ion-Cyclotron Waves; Preliminary Results.- SECIS: The Solar Eclipse Coronal Eclipse Imaging System.- The SOHO-Stellar Connection.- New Boundary Integral Equation Representation for Finite Energy Force-Free Magnetic Fields in Open Space above the Sun.- Synoptic Maps of Solar Wind; Comparison of IPS Data and the NOAA/SEC Version of the Wang and Sheeley Model.- Topology of Magnetic Field and Coronal Hearing in Solar Active Regions. II. The Role of Quasi-Separatrix Layers.- Recent Theoretical Results on Coronal Heating.- MACS for Global Measurement of the Solar Wind Velocity and the Thermal Electton Temperature during the Total Solar Eclipse on 11 August 1999.- Multi-Wavelength Observations of the 1998 September 27 Flare Spray.

Editorial Reviews

Thirty papers comprise one of the two volumes which resulted from the August 1999 workshop. The papers revolve around one key theme: the entire outer atmosphere of the sun is intrinsically dynamic, evolving so rapidly that even the concept of a single local temperature for a single fluid often breaks down. In addition, the corona is an intrinsically nonlinear and non-local medium. Topics of the papers include: aspects of three-dimensional magnetic reconnection; long- lived coronal loops observed by TRACE; high-resolution observations of plasma jets in the solar corona; time variability of EUV brightenings in coronal loops observed by TRACE; radio versus EUV/X-ray observations of the solar atmosphere; and measuring the physical properties of the solar corona: results from SUMER/SOHO and TRACE. Reprinted from , v.190, nos.1-2, 1999. The CD-ROM contains electronic addenda which can be read using any Web browser. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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