The Sun, the Solar Wind, and the Heliosphere (IAGA Special Sopron Book Series, 4)

This volume represents the state of the art of the science covered by the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) Division IV: Solar Wind and Interplanetary Field. It contains a collection of contributions by top experts addressing and reviewing a variety of topics included under the umbrella of the division. It covers subjects that extend from the interior of the Sun to the heliopause, and from the study of physical processes in the Sun and the solar wind plasma to space weather forecasts. The book is organized in 6 parts: the solar interior, the solar atmosphere, the heliosphere, heliophysical processes, radio emissions, and coordinated science in the Sun-Earth system. In addition, we highlight some of the results presented during the IAGA Division IV symposia in the 11th Scientific Assembly of IAGA in Sopron, Hungary, on 23-30 August 2009, which was planned simultaneously with this book. Audience: This book is of interest for researchers and graduate students interested in solar physics and related fields such as astrophysics, space plasma physics, and laboratory plasma physics. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Sun, the Solar Wind, and the Heliosphere....Pages 3-8 Universal Heliophysical Processes....Pages 9-20 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 Solar Convection Zone Dynamics....Pages 23-30 Solar Oscillations: Current Trends....Pages 31-38 Theories of the Solar Cycle : A Critical View....Pages 39-49 The New Solar Composition and the Solar Metallicity....Pages 51-60 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 Magnetic Reconnection in the Solar Atmosphere Observed by Hinode....Pages 63-72 Constraining the Initiation and Early Evolution of CMEs with SECCHI on STEREO....Pages 73-81 Funnels and the Origin of the Solar Wind....Pages 83-99 MHD Simulations of the Global Solar Corona and the Solar Wind....Pages 101-106 Front Matter....Pages 107-107 Solar Wind Observations from the STEREO Perspective (2007–2009)....Pages 109-119 Shocks in the Heliosphere....Pages 121-130 Observations of the Termination Shock and Heliosheath....Pages 131-144 Front Matter....Pages 145-145 Three Dimensional Magnetic Reconnection at Null Points and Separators....Pages 147-156 Current Sheets in the Solar Atmosphere....Pages 157-166 Solar Energetic Particles....Pages 167-176 From Micro- to Macro-scales in the Heliosphere and Magnetosphere....Pages 177-197 Selected Solar Influences on the Magnetosphere: Information from Cosmic Rays....Pages 199-207 Radio Emission Processes as Tracers of Heliospheric Weather: An Ontological Approach....Pages 209-219 Front Matter....Pages 221-221 Solar and Interplanetary Radio Emissions....Pages 223-233 Front Matter....Pages 221-221 Radiation in the Solar System Through Converted Electrostatic Waves....Pages 235-245 Contributions of Radioheliograph Observations to the Understanding of Solar Flares, Coronal Mass Ejections, Electron Beams in the Corona and in the Interplanetary Medium....Pages 247-266 Coherent Radio Emissions Associated with Solar System Shocks....Pages 267-338 Front Matter....Pages 339-339 Advances in Coordinated Sun-Earth System Science Through Interdisciplinary Initiatives and International Programs....Pages 341-345 Solar Orbiter: Linking the Sun and Inner Heliosphere....Pages 347-354 Scientific Objectives of the Canadian CASSIOPE Enhanced Polar Outflow Probe (e-POP) Small Satellite Mission....Pages 355-364 The Sun-Climate Connection Through Measurements and Modeling: The Picard Investigation....Pages 365-373 The International SpaceWeather Initiative (ISWI)....Pages 375-379 Back Matter....Pages 381-383 9048197864,9789048197866 Mari Paz Miralles, Jorge Sánchez Almeida