Physics of the Solar Corona and Transition Region : Part II Proceedings of the Monterey Workshop, Held in Monterey, California, August 1999

The Sun's magnetic field is responsible for the spectacularly dynamic and intricate phenomenon that we call the corona. The past decade has seen an enormous increase in our understanding of this part of the solar outer atmosphere, both as a result of observations and because of rapid advances in numerical studies. The YOHKOH satellite has observed the Sun now for over six years, producing spectacular sequences of images that convey the complexity of the corona. The imaging and spectroscopic instruments on SOHO have added information on the cooler part of the corona. And since April of 1998 TRACE has given us very high resolution images of the 1-2 MK corona, at cadences that allow detailed observations of field oscillations, loop evolution, mass ejecta, etc. This volume contains papers contributed to a workshop (held in August 1999 in Monterey, California) that was dedicated to an exploration of the most recent results on the solar corona, as well as on the transition region and low solar wind. The diverse presentations at the meeting revolved around one key theme: the entire outer atmosphere of the Sun is intrinsically dynamic, evolving so rapidly that even the concept of a single local temperature for a single fluid often breaks down. Moreover, the corona is an intrinsically nonlinear and nonlocal medium. These aspects are discussed in these proceedings that include both papers that review recent developments (both based on observations and on theoretical/numerical modeling), and original research papers based on observations from many different observatories. The papers presented at the meeting add up to such a volume that they are distributed over two Topical Issues of Solar Physics (December 1999 and April 2000), which are reprinted in these bound volumes, of which this is the second. Front Matter....Pages i-v Three-Dimensional Separator Reconnection — How Does It Occur?....Pages 1-16 The Structure of Force-Free Magnetic Fields....Pages 17-32 Models of Dynamic Coronal Loops....Pages 33-52 Cross-Sectional Properties of Coronal Loops....Pages 53-75 Width Variations along Coronal Loops Observed by Trace....Pages 77-92 How Accurately Can We Determine the Coronal Heating Mechanism in the Large-Scale Solar Corona?....Pages 93-116 Serts-97 Measurements of Relative Wavelength Shifts in Coronal Emission Lines Across a Solar Active Region....Pages 117-129 Modeling Coronal Loop Abundances: Effects of Parameter Variations on Observables....Pages 131-137 Waves and Oscillations in the Corona....Pages 139-152 Can Gravitational Effects Damp Alfvén Waves?....Pages 153-159 Observations of the 24 September 1997 Coronal Flare Waves....Pages 161-180 Structure of a Large Low-Latitude Coronal Hole....Pages 181-193 Electro-Mechanical Coupling Between the Photosphere and Transition Region....Pages 195-218 The Magnetic Connectivity of Moss Regions....Pages 219-225 Magnetic Activity Associated with Radio Noise Storms....Pages 227-245 A Kinetic Model of Coronal Heating and Acceleration by Ion-Cyclotron Waves: Preliminary Results....Pages 247-257 SECIS: The Solar Eclipse Coronal Eclipse Imaging System....Pages 259-271 The SOHO-Stellar Connection....Pages 273-297 New Boundary Integral Equation Representation for Finite Energy Force-Free Magnetic Fields in Open Space above the Sun....Pages 299-319 Synoptic Maps of Solar Wind: Comparison of IPS Data and the NOAA/SEC Version of the Wang and Sheeley Model....Pages 321-334 Topology of Magnetic Field and Coronal Heating in Solar Active Regions....Pages 335-345 Recent Theoretical Results on Coronal Heating....Pages 347-366 MACS for Global Measurement of the Solar Wind Velocity and the Thermal Electron Temperature During the Total Solar Eclipse on 11 August 1999....Pages 367-378 Multi-Wavelength Observations of the 1998 September 27 Flare Spray....Pages 379-392 Solar Physics publishes up to two Topical Issues per year that focus on areas of especially vigorous and active research. The present Topical Issue contains papers of recent results on the solar corona, as well as on the transition region and low solar wind.