Solar And Heliospheric Plasma Physics: Proceedings Of The 8th European Meeting On Solar Physics Held At Halkidiki, Greece, 13-18 May 1996 (lecture Notes In Physics)

This Volume Brings Together Theoretical Ideas On The Plasma Physics Of Both Hot And Dense Plasmas In The Solar Atmosphere And Similar Physics Applied To The Tenuous And Cooler Plasmas Found In The Heliosphere. It Is Complemented By Recent Observations. Helioseismology Covers The Solar Interior And The Neutrino Problem. Solar And Stellar Activity Cycles Are Addressed. The Dynamics Of Magnetic Flux Tubes In The Solar Atmosphere And Material Flows Through The Chromosphere Into The Upper Atmosphere Are Comprehensively Reviewed. Energy Release Processes And The Production Of Energetic Particles Are Important To Understanding Events In The Solar Atmosphere And To The Dynamics Of The Tenuous Heliosphere. A Glimpse Of The Future Is Offered By Concluding Chapters On New Ground-based And Space Instrumentation. From The Contents: Solar Interior And Oscillations -- The Physics Of Flux Tubes And Waves -- The Heliosphere And Cosmic Rays -- Structure And Flows In The Upper Atmosphere -- Restructuring Of Magnetic Fields -- Particle Acceleration Physics -- New Instrumentation. G.m. Simnett, C.e. Alissandrakis, L. Vlahos (eds.). Includes Bibliographical References. The structure and dynamics of the sun from helioseismology, and the neutrino problem....Pages 1-24 Modulation of solar and stellar activity cycles....Pages 25-47 Dynamics of flux tubes in the solar atmosphere: Observations....Pages 49-73 Dynamics of flux tubes in the solar atmosphere: Theory....Pages 75-101 Observations of energetic ions during the ulysses mission....Pages 103-115 Solar wind and interstellar medium coupling....Pages 117-138 Flows through the magnetically structured solar atmosphere....Pages 139-158 Chromospheric dynamics — What can be learnt from numerical simulations....Pages 159-178 Topologically forced reconnection....Pages 179-200 Energy release processes in active regions....Pages 201-217 Production of flare accelerated particles at the sun....Pages 219-239 New ground-based solar instrumentation....Pages 241-260 Future space instrumentation for solar physics....Pages 261-278