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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457557603321

Autore

Meyer-Vernet Nicole

Titolo

Basics of the solar wind / / Nicole Meyer-Vernet [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007

ISBN

1-107-15909-1

1-280-75029-4

9786610750290

0-511-26936-6

0-511-26992-7

0-511-26835-1

0-511-32050-7

0-511-53576-7

0-511-26902-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 463 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge atmospheric and space science series

Disciplina

523.580151

Soggetti

Solar wind

Circumstellar matter

Space plasmas

Sun

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The wind from the sun : introduction -- Tool kit for space plasma physics -- Anatomy of the sun -- The outer solar atmosphere -- How does the solar wind blow? -- Structure and perturbations -- Bodies in the wind : dust, asteroids, planets and comets -- The solar wind in the universe.

Sommario/riassunto

The Sun continually ejects matter into space, blowing a huge bubble of supersonic plasma. This solar wind bathes the whole solar system and shapes all planetary environments. The growth of space technology has considerably increased our knowledge of this medium. This 2007 book presents an introduction to the subject, starting with basic principles and including all the latest advances from space exploration and theory. It contains a short introduction to plasma physics and discusses



the structure of the solar interior and atmosphere, the production of solar wind and its perturbations. It explains the objects of the Solar System, from dust to comets and planets, and their interaction with the solar wind. The final sections explore the astrophysical point of view. The topics are treated at various levels of difficulty both qualitatively and quantitatively. This book will appeal to graduate students and researchers in earth and atmospheric sciences, and astrophysics.