Heliophysics : plasma physics of the local cosmos /

Heliophysics : plasma physics of the local cosmos /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description:	x, 435 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Heliosphere (Astrophysics) Heliosphere (Astrophysics) Sun. Solar system. Solar system. Sun.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7799021

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Other authors / contributors:	Schrijver, Carolus J. Siscoe, George L.
ISBN:	9780521110617 (hbk.) 0521110610 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-427) and index.
Summary:	An advanced text providing an integrated approach to the sun's variability, the surrounding heliosphere, and planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres.

Table of Contents:

Preface
1. Prologue Carolus
2. Introduction to heliophysics
3. Creation and destruction of magnetic field
4. Magnetic field topology
5. Magnetic reconnection
6. Structures of the magnetic field Mark
7. Turbulence in space plasmas
8. The solar atmosphere
9. Stellar winds and magnetic fields
10. Fundamentals of planetary magnetospheres
11. Solar-wind magnetosphere coupling: an MHD perspective
12. On the ionosphere and chromosphere
13. Comparative planetary environments
Bibliography
Index