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978-3-540-30766-2

Physics of the Solar Corona

Publication year: 2005

ISBN: 978-3-540-30766-2

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A thorough introduction to solar physics based on recent spacecraft observations. The author introduces the solar corona and sets it in the context of basic plasma physics before moving on to discuss plasma instabilities and plasma heating processes.


Subject: Earth and Environmental Science, Corona, Coronal Mass Ejections, Magnetohydrodynamics, Particle Acceleration, Reconnection, Solar, Solar Corona, Solar Magnetic Fields, Solar flare