Solar Energetic Particles A Modern Primer on Understanding Sources, Acceleration and Propagation /

Solar Energetic Particles A Modern Primer on Understanding Sources, Acceleration and Propagation /

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This open access book serves as a concise primer introducing the non-specialist reader to the physics of solar energetic particles (SEP). It systematically reviews the evidence for the two main mechanisms which lead to the so-called impulsive and gradual SEP events. This second edition contains two...

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Main Author: Reames, Donald V. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:2nd ed. 2021.
Series:Lecture Notes in Physics, 978
Subjects:
Sun.
Plasma astrophysics.
Plasma waves.
Plasma (Ionized gases).
Solar system.
Atmospheric science.
Solar Physics.
Astrophysical Plasma.
Waves, instabilities and nonlinear plasma dynamics.
Plasma Physics.
Space Physics.
Atmospheric Science.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introducing the Sun and SEPs
  • A Turbulent History
  • Distinguishing the Sources
  • Impulsive SEP Events
  • Gradual SEP Events
  • High Energies and Radiation Effects
  • Measurements of SEPs
  • Elemental Abundances and FIP: SEPs, The Corona and the Solar Wind
  • Hydrogen Abundances and Shock Waves
  • Summary and Conclusions.

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