Solar Magnetic Fields
Solar Magnetic Fields
Wolfgang Schmidt, Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik, Freiburg, Germany
Out of Print
How are large-scale magnetic fields generated in the Sun in self-excited dynamo processes? And how are magnetic structures spontaneously formed in the Sun and how do they interact with the convective flows, storage and release of magnetic energy? These are just several of the fundamental questions answered in this timely review of our understanding of solar magnetic fields. This volume collects together review articles and research papers from an international conference, held in Freiburg, Germany, dedicated to the study of magnetic fields in the Sun. From large-scale patterns and global dynamo action to tiny flux tubes, from the overshoot layer below the convection zone up to the corona, and from instrumental problems and theoretical methods to the latest ground-based and satellite observations, this volume provides an essential review of our knowledge to date for graduate students and researchers.
- An up-to-date review of our knowledge of the physics of solar magnetic fields
- A wealth of new detail on the Sun from a new generation of post-focus instrumentation
- New insight gained from the latest numerical modelling and simulations
Reviews & endorsements
'The editors are to be congratulated on the surveys they have selected; certainly this volume is a basic addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in the Sun's magnetism.' Bernard Roberts, The Observatory
Product details
June 1994Hardback
9780521461191
428 pages
255 × 178 × 24 mm
0.953kg
143 b/w illus.
Unavailable - out of print March 2010
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Festive season
- Large-scale patterns and active regions
- Solar dynamo
- Convection zone
- Sunspots
- Sunspot seismology
- Magneto-convection
- Small-scale magnetic fields
- Chromosphere, corona and solar wind
- Author index.
