Research Catalog

Title

Cosmic winds and the heliosphere / J.R. Jokipii, C.P. Sonett, M.S. Giampapa, editors ; with the editorial assistance of M.S. Matthews, A.S. Ruskin, and M.L. Guerrieri.

Publication

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [1997], ©1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Jokipii, J. R. (Jack Randolph), 1939-
• Sonett, Charles P.
• Giampapa, M. S. (Mark S.)

Description

xi, 1013 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.

Series Statement

Space science series

Uniform Title

Space science series.

Subject

• Solar wind
• Stellar winds
• Heliosphere (Astrophysics)
• Heliosphere (Ionosphere)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Preface / J. R. Jokipii, C. P. Sonett and M. S. Giampapa -- Mass Ejection and a Brief History of the Solar Wind Concept / E. N. Parker -- The Solar Wind / W. I. Axford and J. F. McKenzie -- The Quest for Evidence of Long-Period Solar Wind Variability / C. P. Sonett, G. M. Webb and A. Zakharian -- The Winds of Cataclysmic Variables / C. W. Mauche and J. C. Raymond -- Collimated Outflows from Young Stars / J. Bally and S. W. Stahler -- Winds from Pulsating Stars / L. A. Willson, C. Struck and G. H. Bowen -- Wind Properties of Evolved Stars: Effects on Particle Acceleration / D. J. Mullan -- Winds from X-Ray Binaries / T. R. Kallman -- Acceleration of the Solar Wind / T. E. Holzer, V. H. Hansteen and E. Leer -- Coronal Mass Ejections / A. J. Hundhausen -- Coronal Holes and the Solar Wind / R. Esser and S. R. Habbal -- Alfven Wave-Driven Winds / K. B. MacGregor and P. Charbonneau -- Overview of Heliospheric Shocks / A. Balogh and P. Riley --
• Global Merged Interaction Regions in the Outer Heliosphere / F. B. McDonald and L. F. Burlaga -- Solar Wind Magnetic Fields / E. J. Smith -- Near-Sun Magnetic Fields and the Solar Wind / N. R. Sheeley, Jr., Y.-M. Wang and J. L. Phillips -- Stochastic Processes and the Origin of Stellar Winds / M. Cuntz and E. A. Dorfi -- Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in Cosmic Winds / M. L. Goldstein, D. A. Roberts and W. H. Matthaeus -- Composition of the Solar Wind / R. von Steiger, J. Geiss and G. Gloeckler -- Kinetic Phenomena in the Solar Wind / W. C. Feldman and E. Marsch -- Angular Momentum Evolution in Late-Type Stars / P. Charbonneau, C. J. Schrijver and K. B. MacGregor -- The Interstellar Cloud Surrounding the Solar System / P. C. Frisch -- The Termination Shock and the Heliosheath / S. T. Suess and S. Nerney -- Outer Heliospheric Radio Emissions / W. S. Kurth and D. A. Gurnett -- Transport and Acceleration of Energetic Particles in Winds / J. R. Jokipii --
• Effects of Cosmic Rays and Interstellar Gas on the Dynamics of a Wind / M. A. Lee -- Supernova Blast Waves and Pre-Supernova Winds: Their Cosmic Ray Contribution / P. L. Biermann -- Solar Wind Interaction with Comets: Lessons for Modeling the Heliosphere / T. I. Gombosi, D. L. De Zeeuw and T. Y. Linde [et al.].

ISBN

0816518254 (cloth)

LCCN

97027368

OCLC

ocm37315316

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries