The high energy solar corona : waves, eruptions, particles ; [CESRA workshop 2004 ; held at Sabhal Mor Ostaig (Isle of Skye, Scotland)

An outgrowth of a workshop held by the Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers (CESRA), this volume collects reviews on current research and perspectives on the variable solar corona: high-energy particles, large-scale disturbances such as mass ejections and waves, and radio diagnostics of the coronal plasma. Multiwavelength observations of the Sun with radio instruments and recent space missions are drawn on extensively, as well as input from neighbouring fields e.g. solar wind, Earth's bow shock. Recent developments are discussed alongside key developments in this rapidly evolving field. Front Matter....Pages I-11 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction: The High-energy Corona – Waves, Eruptions, Particles....Pages 1-11 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Magnetic Complexity, Fragmentation, Particle Acceleration and Radio Emission from the Sun....Pages 15-31 Review of Selected RHESSI Solar Results....Pages 33-64 RHESSI Results – Time for a Rethink?....Pages 65-80 Small Scale Energy Release and the Acceleration and Transport of Energetic Particles....Pages 81-103 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 Large-scale Waves and Shocks in the Solar Corona....Pages 107-138 Energetic Particles Related with Coronal and Interplanetary Shocks....Pages 139-160 Particle Acceleration at the Earth’s Bow Shock....Pages 161-191 On the Existence of Non-maxwellian Velocity Distribution Functions in the Corona and their Consequences for the Solar Wind Acceleration....Pages 191-202 Recent Research: Large-scale Disturbances, their Origin and Consequences....Pages 203-218 Front Matter....Pages 219-219 Quasi-periodic Pulsations as a Diagnostic Tool for Coronal Plasma Parameters....Pages 221-250 Pulsating Solar Radio Emission....Pages 251-277 Back Matter....Pages 279-284 An Outgrow Of An Earlier Workshop Held By The Community Of European Solar Radio Astronomers (cesra), This Topical Volume Collects Reviews On The Current Multiwavelength Findings And Perspectives From The Space Missions Rhessi, Trace And Sotto. The Aspects Of Solar Physics Dealt With Are Particle Acceleration During Flares, Large-scale Disturbances, And Coronal Plasma Physics. K.-l. Klein, A. L. Mackinnon (eds.).