The solar transition region /

A very technical work that uses calculus and vector notation to explore the complex interface in the sun's outer layers between the chromosphere and the corona, where the solar temperature ranges from twenty thousand to a million degrees above absolute zero, the result of sound waves transitioning outward to shock waves that produce the intense coronal heating. The book's eight chapters are well presented by researcher Mariska and are tailored for graduate students, astrophysicists, and solar astronomers interested in the ultraviolet and extreme ultraviolet observations made from rockets (since the late '40s), and from Skylab and satellites (since the '60s). Those observations are interpreted through models that explain the phenomena. Unfortunately, the important radio observations between wavelengths of 10 centimeters and 1 meter are neglected. There are good figures, diagrams, and tables; 7 pages each of subject and author indexes; and a good 11-page list of references. Professional. W. E. Howard III; Advanced Concepts and Space, U.S. Army