A comprehensive account of the properties of plasma loops, the fundamental structural elements of the solar corona. Plasma loops cover a wide range of sizes and range in temperature from tens of thousands to millions of degrees. They not only define the structure of individual active regions but connect different active regions--even across the solar equator. Loops also play an integral and decisive role in the enormous solar explosions called flares. Over recent years a wealth of space and ground-based observations of loops has been obtained in various widely-spaced regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. In this book the authors have selected the best observational material from the literature on which to base a detailed account of the properties of flare and non-flare loops. The book also explores the larger implications of the loop structures for our understanding of solar and stellar coronae. The text is enhanced by a large number of illustrations and unique and beautiful photographs obtained from the ground and from space.
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"...summarizes a subject that appears at first sight to be extremely specialized but turns out to be vast." Ellen Zweibel, Science
"...well-written, comprehensive, and carefully organized account of the current understanding of coronal loops. It will be a very useful reference." M. A. Berger
"...well-written, comprehensive, and carefully organized account of the current understanding of coronal loops. It will be a very useful reference." M. A. Berger
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This is the first comprehensive account of the properties of plasma loops, the fundamental structural elements of the solar corona. The authors have selected the best observational material on which to base a detailed account of the properties of flare and non-flare loops. They also explore the larger implications of the loop structures in our understanding of solar and stellar coronae.
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Historically, visual observations of prominences were the first to reveal the existence of well-defined loop structures arching upwards from the surface of the Sun high into the overlying corona. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
coronal loop models, stellar coronal loops, gyroresonance radiation, quiet region loops, underlying photospheric magnetic field, active region loop systems, active region loops, slow body waves, flare loop system, cool loops, flare loops, closed coronal structures, coronal magnetic loops, loop prominence system, plasma loops, hot loops, filament cavities, flare kernels, solar coronal loops, mode rational surfaces, impulsive microwave bursts, column mass density, ionization equilibrium calculations, solar vertical, different active regions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Astrophysical Journal, Monsignori Fossi, Solar Maximum Mission, Colorado Associated University Press, Sacramento Peak Observatory, New York, Very Large Array, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, National Bureau of Standards, Naval Research Laboratory, Pic-du-Midi Observatory, Yerkes Observatory, Cambridge University Press, Canum Venaticorum, Harvard College Observatory, Marshall Space Flight Center, Space Science Reviews, Applied Optics, Australian Journal of Physics, Ion Wavelength, Japanese Hinotori, New Mexico, Proxima Cen, Reidel Publishing Company, Section Height New!
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Historically, visual observations of prominences were the first to reveal the existence of well-defined loop structures arching upwards from the surface of the Sun high into the overlying corona. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
coronal loop models, stellar coronal loops, gyroresonance radiation, quiet region loops, underlying photospheric magnetic field, active region loop systems, active region loops, slow body waves, flare loop system, cool loops, flare loops, closed coronal structures, coronal magnetic loops, loop prominence system, plasma loops, hot loops, filament cavities, flare kernels, solar coronal loops, mode rational surfaces, impulsive microwave bursts, column mass density, ionization equilibrium calculations, solar vertical, different active regions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Astrophysical Journal, Monsignori Fossi, Solar Maximum Mission, Colorado Associated University Press, Sacramento Peak Observatory, New York, Very Large Array, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, National Bureau of Standards, Naval Research Laboratory, Pic-du-Midi Observatory, Yerkes Observatory, Cambridge University Press, Canum Venaticorum, Harvard College Observatory, Marshall Space Flight Center, Space Science Reviews, Applied Optics, Australian Journal of Physics, Ion Wavelength, Japanese Hinotori, New Mexico, Proxima Cen, Reidel Publishing Company, Section Height New!
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- Solar Flares (Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs) by Zdenek Svestka on 4 pages
- The Solar Granulation (Cambridge Astrophysics) by R. J. Bray on 4 pages
- Sun As a Star by 33000008309 on page 400, page 401, and page 478
- Physics of the Solar Corona (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) by C.J. Macris on page 24, page 160, and page 162
- Astronomy and Astrophysics (AAAS Publication) by Morton S. Roberts on page 394, page 397, and page 399
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- Physics of the Solar Corona: An Introduction with Problems and Solutions (Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences) by Markus J. Aschwanden on page 3, and page 765
- Gamma-ray Astronomy (Cambridge Astrophysics) by P. V. Ramana Murthy in Front Matter
- The Observation and Analysis of Stellar Photospheres (Cambridge Astrophysics) by David F. Gray in Front Matter
- Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars (Cambridge Astrophysics) by Peter Eggleton in Front Matter
- Progress in Turbulence Research (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics) by Branover on page 321
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