Solar-Terrestrial Physics: Principles and Theoretical Foundations Based Upon the Proceedings of the Theory Institute Held at Boston College, August 9-26, 1982 / Edition 1

by R.L. Carovillano, J.M. Forbes

Overview

The Theory Institute in Solar-Terrestrial Physics was held at Boston College 19-26 August 1982. The program consisted of a two-week School followed by the first theory conference in the field. This book is based upon the lectures presented at the School. Several years ago there was a convergence of efforts to promote the role of theory in space plasma physics. Reports from the National Academy of Sciences and NASA advisory committees documented the disciplinary maturity of solar-terrestrial physics and recommended that theorists play a greater role in the continued development of the field. The so-called theory program in solar-terrestrial physics was established by NASA in 1979 and implemented in accordance with the guidelines set forth by a panel of scientists, primarily theorists, in the field. The same panel motivated the Boston College program. Published proceedings of the school would provide curricular materials for the training of graduate students in solar-terrestrial physics. J.M. Forbes, T.E. Holzer, A.J. Hundhausen, A.D. Richmond, and G.L. Siscoe were the principal architects of the curriculum of the School, and I am grateful for their contributions. Each also lectured at the School. The chapters in this book were prepared by the authors themselves with one exception. The chapters by Parker are edited reproductions of his lectures. Unfortunately, it is our loss that the lectures of Holzer and Hundhausen are not included in the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789027716323
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	08/31/1983
Series:	Astrophysics and Space Science Library , #104
Edition description:	1983
Pages:	859
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

The Solar-Terrestrial System.- Solar System Magnetohydrodynamics: Concepts and Basic Equations.- Solar System Magnetohydrodynamics.- Solar and Interplanetary Physics.- Generation of Solar Magnetic Fields.- Cyclonic Convection.- Heating Of the Outer Solar Atmosphere.- Idealized Problem.- Hydromagnetic Waves in the Interplanetary Medium.- Solar Cosmic Rays — Their Injection, Acceleration, and Propagation.- Solar Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays.- The Acceleration of Energetic Particles in the Solar Wind.- Magnetospheric Physics.- Large-Scale Morphology of the Magnetosphere.- Magnetic Field Line Merging: Basic Concepts.- Solar-Wind Magnetosphere Coupling.- The Quasi-Static (Slow-Flow) Region of the Magnetosphere.- Global MHD Model of the Earth’s Magnetosphere.- Origins and Consequences of Parallel Electric Fields.- Electrostatic Ion Acoustic Waves.- Hydromagnetic Waves in the Magnetosphere.- Comparative Magnetospheres.- The Use and Misuse of Statistical Analyses.- Upper Atmospheric Physics.- Thermospheric Dynamics and Electrodynamics.- The Terrestrial Ionosphere.- Phohemical Processes in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere.- Physics of the Mesopause Region.- Auroral Excitation and Energy Dissipation.- Small-Scale Structure in the Earth1s Ionosphere: Theory and Numerical Simulation.- Comparative Ionospheres.- II. The Outer Planets.

Editorial Reviews

‘...highly recommended for graduate students and researchers in space physics.'
Eos (October 1985)

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