Heliophysics: Space Storms and Radiation: Causes and Effects

The second in this series of three heliophysics texts, integrating the many aspects of space storms and their energetic radiation.

Carolus J. Schrijver (Edited by), George L. Siscoe (Edited by)

9781107403994, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 12 January 2012

472 pages
24.4 x 17 x 2.4 cm, 0.74 kg

“The book gives a very detailed insight into the various fields within heliophysics, both with respect to past and recent findings and the ongoing research, its methods and tools. It is very well illustrated by numerous black and white figures and a number of colour figures…Its understanding does not require high-level mathematics, but a solid knowledge of physics. The quality of the print, the paper and the book as a whole is excellent and it can be recommended without hesitation.” – Manuel Vogel, Contemporary Physics, November 2011

Heliophysics is a fast-developing scientific discipline that integrates studies of the Sun's variability, the surrounding heliosphere, and the environment and climate of planets. The Sun is a magnetically variable star and for planets with intrinsic magnetic fields, planets with atmospheres, or planets like Earth with both, there are profound consequences. This 2010 volume, the second in this series of three heliophysics texts, integrates the many aspects of space storms and the energetic radiation associated with them - from causes on the Sun to effects in planetary environments. It reviews the physical processes in solar flares and coronal mass ejections, interplanetary shocks, and particle acceleration and transport, and considers many space weather responses in geospace. In addition to its utility as a textbook, it also constitutes a foundational reference for researchers in fields from heliophysics to climate science. Additional online resources, including lecture presentations and other teaching materials, are available at www.cambridge.org/9780521760515.

Preface
1. Perspective on heliophysics George L. Siscoe and Carolus J. Schrijver
2. Introduction to space storms and radiation Sten Odenwald
3. In-situ detection of energetic particles George Gloeckler
4. Radiative signatures of energetic particles Tim Bastian
5. Observations of solar and stellar eruptions, flares, and jets Hugh Hudson
6. Models of coronal mass ejections and flares Terry Forbes
7. Shocks in heliophysics Merav Opher
8. Particle acceleration in shocks Dietmar Krauss-Varban
9. Energetic particle transport Joe Giacalone
10. Energy conversion in planetary magnetospheres Vytenis Vasyli?nas
11. Energization of trapped particles Janet Green
12. Flares, CMEs, and atmospheric responses Tim Fuller-Rowell and Stanley C. Solomon
13. Energetic particles and manned spaceflight 358 Stephen Guetersloh and Neal Zapp
14. Energetic particles and technology Alan Tribble
Appendix I. Authors and editors
List of illustrations
List of tables
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Atmospheric physics [PHVJ], Astrophysics [PHVB]