Heliophysics : active stars, their astrospheres, and impacts on planetary environments / edited by Carolus J. Schrijver, Frances Bagenal and Jan J. Sojka.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
xiii, 383 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-365) and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Carolus J. Schrijver, Frances Bagenal, and Jan J. Sojka -- Solar explosive activity throughout the evolution of the solar system / Rachel Osten -- Astrospheres, stellar winds, and the interstellar medium / Brian E. Wood and Jeffrey L. Linsky -- Effects of stellar eruptions throughout astrospheres / Ofer Cohen -- Characteristics of planetary systems / Debra Fischer and Ji Wang -- Planetary dynamos : updates and new frontiers / Sabine Stanley -- Climates of terrestrial planets / David Brain -- Upper atmospheres of the giant planets / Luke Moore, Tom Stallard, and Marina Galand -- Aeronomy of terrestrial upper atmospheres / David E. Siskind and Stephen W. Bougher -- Moons, asteroids, and comets interacting with their surroundings / Margaret G. Kivelson -- Dustry plasmas / Mihaly Horanyi -- Energetic-particle environments in the solar system / Norbert Knapp -- Heliophysics with radio scintillation and occultation / Mario M. Bisi.
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