The book contains lecture papers and contributed papers on different aspects of magnetic phenomena in the solar atmosphere. The main topics addressed are the physics of solar flares, prominences, coronal mass ejections, magnetic helicity, high-energy radiation from the Sun, observations of the photosphere and chromosphere as well as highlights from the SOHO mission. The lecture papers provide a very valuable introduction and overview on recent developments in these fields of solar physics. The comprehensive lists of references at the end of each review enable the interested reader to go into more detail. The book is particularly useful for graduate students and young researchers working in solar physics.
Author(s): A. Hanslmeier, A. Veronig, M. Messerotti
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 283
Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 9
Observations of Photosphere and Chromosphere......Page 10
Solar Flares – Observations and Theory......Page 35
Coronal Mass Ejections and Magnetic Helicity......Page 65
High Energy Radiation from the Sun......Page 94
Physics of Solar Prominences......Page 122
Eight Years of SOHO: Some Highlights......Page 146
2½-D Compressible Reconnection Model......Page 174
Waiting Time Distribution of CMEs......Page 178
Simultaneous Visible and IR Spectropolarimetry of the Quiet Sun......Page 182
A Simple Topological Model of the Bastille Day Flare (July 14, 2000)......Page 186
Spectropolarimetry in a Sunspot Penumbra at High Spatial Resolution......Page 190
X-Ray and Hα Emission of the 20 Aug 2002 Flare......Page 194
Center-to-Limb Variation of Facular Contrast Derived from MLSO RISE/PSPT Full Disk Images......Page 198
The Acceleration-Velocity Relationship in 5000 LASCO-CME’s......Page 202
Time Evolution of the Spectral Index in Solar Flares......Page 206
Analysis of Doppler Shifts of Spectral Lines Obtained by the CDS/SOHO Instrument......Page 210
On the Behaviour of a Blinker in Chromospheric and Transition Region Layers......Page 214
On the 24- and 155-Day Periodicity Observed in Solar Hα Flares......Page 218
He-D[sub(3)] Polarization Observed in Prominences......Page 222
Line-of-Sight Velocity and Magnetic Field in Sunspot Penumbrae......Page 226
Impulsive X-Ray Radiation Characteristics of Solar Flare Footpoints......Page 230
Velocity Fields in an Irregular Sunspot......Page 234
On the Dynamic Disconnection of Rising Ω-Loops......Page 238
Searching for the Origins of the Fast Solar Wind......Page 242
Detectability of High Frequency Acoustic Waves with TRACE......Page 246
Linking Coronal to Interplanetary Magnetic Helicity......Page 250
Debrecen Photoheliographic Data and its Comparison with Other Sunspot Databases......Page 254
Properties of a Small Active Region in the Solar Photosphere......Page 258
Small Scale Events Seen in SXT Observations......Page 262
Properties of Type IV Radio Bursts with Periodical Fine Structures......Page 266
Testing the Neupert Effect......Page 270
The Faint Young Sun Problem......Page 274
CCD Spectroscopy of Solar Rotation......Page 278
The Observing Programs at Kanzelhöhe Solar Observatory......Page 282
Theoretical Modeling of Potential Magnetic Field Distribution in the Corona......Page 286
Author Index......Page 290
