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The Sun and the Heliopsphere as an Integrated System

  • Ties together physical processes across the full scale of the heliosphere

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 317)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Hydrogen Walls: Mass Loss of Dwarf Stars and the Young Sun

    • Jeffrey L. Linsky, Brian E. Wood
    Pages 1-22
  3. The Heliospheric Interface: Models and Observations

    • Vladislav V. Izmodenov
    Pages 23-63
  4. Ulysses at Solar Maximum

    • Richard G. Marsden
    Pages 91-112
  5. Solar Wind Properties from IPS Observations

    • Masayoshi Kojima, Ken-ichi Fujiki, Masaya Hirano, Munetoshi Tokumaru, Tomoaki Ohmi, Kazuyuki Hakamada
    Pages 147-178
  6. Components of the Dynamically Coupled Heliosphere

    • Nathan Schwadron
    Pages 179-199
  7. MHD Turbulence in the Heliosphere

    • Bruno Bavassano, Roberto Bruno, Vincenzo Carbone
    Pages 253-282
  8. Waves and Turbulence in the Solar Corona

    • Eckart Marsch
    Pages 283-317
  9. Elemental Abundances in the Solar Corona

    • John C. Raymond
    Pages 353-371
  10. Magnetic Reconnection

    • E. R. Priest, D. I. Pontin
    Pages 397-422
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 423-429

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9 MHDTurbulence in the Heliosphere: Evolution and Intermittency 253 Bruno Bavassano, Roberto Bruno and Vincenzo Carbone 1 Introduction 254 2 MHD Turbulence Evolution 255 2. 1 Ecliptic Turbulence 256 2. 2 Polar Turbulence 258 2. 3 Conclusions on Turbulence Evolution 263 3 Intermittency 264 3. 1 Probability Distribution Functions of Fluctuations and Self-similarity 269 3. 2 Radial Evolution of Intermittency 271 3. 3 Identifying Intermittent Events 273 3. 4 Conclusions on Intermittency 277 10 283 Waves and Turbulence in the Solar Corona Eckart Marsch 1 Introduction 284 2 Coronal Magnetic Field Structures 284 3 Magnetic Network Activity and Coronal Heating 287 4 Waves and Flows in Loops and Funnels 290 5 Magnetohydrodynamic Waves and Flux Tube Oscillations 293 5. 1 Observation and Theory 293 5. 2 Oscillations of Thin Flux Tubes 295 5. 3 Wave Amplitudes Versus Height from Numerical Mod- ~ 2~ 5. 4 A Standing Slow Magnetoacoustic Wave 299 6 Plasma Waves and Heating of Particles 301 7 Generation, Transfer and Dissipation of Coronal Turbulence 303 7. 1 Generation of Magnetohydrodynamic Waves 303 7. 2 Wave Energy Transfer and Turbulent Cascade 304 7. 3 Wave Dissipation in the Kinetic Domain 307 7. 4 Origin and Generation of Coronal High-Frequency Waves 308 7.

Editors and Affiliations

  • INAF — Osservatorio di Arcetri, Firenze, Italy

    Giannina Poletto

  • NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, National Space & Technology Center/Solar Physics, Huntsville, USA

    Steven T. Suess

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