The Sun, the Solar Wind, and the Heliosphere

This volume presents a concise, up-to-date overview of current research on the observations, theoretical interpretations, and empirical and physical descriptions of the Sun, the Solar Wind, and the Heliosphere, from the solar interior outward to the planets.

This volume represents the state of the art of the science covered by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) Division IV: Solar Wind and Interplanetary Field. It contains a collection of contributions by top experts addressing and reviewing a variety of topics included under the umbrella of the division. It covers subjects that extend from the interior of the Sun to the heliopause, and from the study of physical processes in the Sun and the solar wind plasma to space weather forecasts.

The book is organized in 6 parts: the solar interior, the solar atmosphere, the heliosphere, heliophysical processes, radio emissions, and coordinated science in the Sun-Earth system. In addition, we highlight some of the results presented during the IAGA Division IV symposia in the 11th Scientific Assembly of IAGA in Sopron, Hungary, on 23-30 August 2009, which was planned simultaneously with this book.

Unique single-volume collection of up-to-date invited reviews covering the full Heliosphere, from the Solar Interior to the Outer Heliosphere Comes together with a number of contributed papers describing the forefront research in the field Well-balanced mixture of observational and theoretical contributions, emphasizing the contribution of space-borne observatories

Inhalt

Introduction.- The Solar Interior.- The Solar Atmosphere.- The Heliosphere.- Heliophysical Processes.- Radio emissions.- Coordinated Science in the Sun-Earth System.- Index.