Heliophysics

Active Stars, their Astrospheres, and Impacts on Planetary Environments
Herausgeber: Bagenal, Frances; Sojka, Jan; Schrijver, Carolus

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book explores what makes the conditions on Earth 'just right' to sustain life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 406
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 954g
• ISBN-13: 9781107090477
• ISBN-10: 1107090474
• Artikelnr.: 43487562

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction Carolus J. Schrijver, Frances Bagenal and Jan J. Sojka
2. Solar explosive activity throughout the evolution of the Solar System Rachel Osten
3. Astrospheres, stellar winds, and the interstellar medium Brian Wood and Jeffrey L. Linsky
4. Effects of stellar eruptions throughout astrospheres Ofer Cohen
5. Characteristics of planetary systems Debra Fischer and Ji Wang
6. Planetary dynamos: updates and new frontiers Sabine Stanley
7. Climates of terrestrial planets David Brain
8. Upper atmospheres of the giant planets Luke Moore, Tom Stallard and Marina Garland
9. Aeronomy of terrestrial upper atmospheres David E. Siskind and Stephen W. Bougher
10. Moons, asteroids, and comets interacting with their surroundings Margaret G. Kivelson
11. Dusty plasmas Mihály Horányi
12. Energetic-particle environments in the Solar System Norbert Krupp
13. Heliophysics with radio scintillation and occultation Mario M. Bisi
Appendix 1. Authors and editors
List of illustrations
List of tables
References
Index.