Screen LibraryA guide to the solar corona /
A Guide to the Solar Corona is specifically directed to the space scientist or engineer who is not a specialist in solar physics, but whose work requires a fairly detailed knowledge of the corona. It is hoped that the material may prove useful to most graduate students in astrophysics, while solar p...
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Academic Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 1966. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781483231006 |
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A Guide to the Solar Corona is specifically directed to the space scientist or engineer who is not a specialist in solar physics, but whose work requires a fairly detailed knowledge of the corona. It is hoped that the material may prove useful to most graduate students in astrophysics, while solar physicists may find some topics of interest and value to them. The book contains 12 chapters and begins with three descriptive chapters that provide the casual reader with a concept of the corona as it is evident through more or less direct observation. Topics covered include the development of cor |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 323 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781483274188 1483274187 |
| Index Number: | QB529 |
| CLC: | P182.6 |
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Front Cover; A Guide to the Solar Corona; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents ; CHAPTER 1. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION; A. Coronal Science of the Nineteenth Century; B. Developments during the Early Twentieth Century; C. The Key Years 1930-1942; D. The High-Temperature Corona; E. The State of Coronal Science; References; CHAPTER 2. OBSERVATIONAL TECHNIQUES; A. Eclipse Observation Techniques; B. Coronagraphy; C. Coronal Observing from above the Earth's Atmosphere; D. Radio-Frequency Techniques; References; CHAPTER 3. OBSERVATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE CORONA; A. Introduction. B. The White-Light CoronaC. The Visual Monochromatic Corona; D. The Ultraviolet Corona; E. The Radio Corona; F. The Probed Corona; References; CHAPTER 4. SPECIAL METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS; A. Introduction; B. Analysis of Eclipse Photographs; C. Analysis of K-Coronameter Observations; D. Emission-Line Intensity Measurements; E. Line-Profile Analysis; References; CHAPTER 5. THE NATURE OF THE CORONAL GAS; A. Kinetic Properties of the Gas; B. Chemical Composition of the Corona; C. State of Ionization; D. Excitation of Coronal Ions; References; CHAPTER 6. RADIATIVE PROCESSES IN THE CORONA. A. IntroductionB. Scattering of Photospheric Radiation; C. Thermal Emission; D. Magnetic Emission; E. Plasma Emission; References; CHAPTER 7. THE MECHANICS OF THE CORONA; A. Introduction; B. Hydromagnetic Considerations; C. The Problem of Coronal Heating; D. Gross Dynamics of the Corona; References; CHAPTER 8. DENSITY DISTRIBUTION IN THE CORONA; A. General Problems; B. Average Density Distributions near the Sun; C. Single-Parameter Designation of Time-Dependent Coronal Density; D. Density Models of Coronal Features; E. Coronal Densities far from the Sun; References. CHAPTER 9. THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CORONAA. Temperatures by Degree of Ionization; B. Temperatures from Line Profiles; C. The Radio Temperature of the Corona; D. Temperature from Density Distributions; E. Radar Determination of Coronal Temperature; F. Space-Probe Measurements of Coronal Temperature; G.A Thumbnail Summary of Coronal Temperatures; References; CHAPTER 10. MAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE CORONA; A. Postulation of Magnetic Fields; B. Evidence for the Presence of Magnetic Fields; C. Quantitative Information on Magnetic Fields; References; CHAPTER 11. RELATION TO OTHER ACTIVITY. A. IntroductionB. Relation to Prominences; C. Relation to Flares; References; CHAPTER 12. THE CORONA IN THE UNIVERSE; A. The Extent of the Corona; B. Corona-Terrestrial Interrelationships; C. Origin and Replenishment of the Corona; D. Coronas of Other Stars; E. Coronas of Planets; F. Conclusion; References; APPENDICS; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II; APPENDIX III; APPENDIX IV; APPENDIX V; CONTEMPORARY BIBLIOGRAPHY; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX. |