Comic Rays in Interplanetary Magnetics Fields
Fast particles of natural or1g1n (cosmic rays) have been used for a long time as an important source of astrophysical and geophysical information. A study of cosmic ray spectra, time variations, abundances, gradients, and anisotropy provides a wealth of data on physical conditions in the regions of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1985, 1985
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1985 |
| Series: | Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I: Physical Properties of the Interplanetary Medium
- 1. The Solar Wind
- 2. Large-scale Interplanetary Magnetic Fields
- 3. Oscillations and Waves in Solar Wind Plasma
- 4. Shocks and Discontinuities in the Interplanetary Medium
- 5. Spectral Description of Stochastic Magnetic Fields
- II: Theory of Fast Particle Motion in Interplanetary Magnetic Fields
- 6. Qualitative Picture of Fast Particle Motion in Interplanetary Space
- 7. Kinetic Equation for Particles Moving in Magnetic Fields with Small-scale Inhomogeneities
- 8. Transport Equation
- 9. Scattering and Transport of Particles in Strong Magnetic Fields
- III: Propagation of Energetic Solar Particles
- 10. Basic Observational Data on Energetic Particles of Solar Origin
- 11. Anisotropic Propagation of Solar Cosmic Rays
- 12. Stationary Transport of Solar Cosmic Rays
- 13. Diffusion and Convection of Solar-flare Cosmic Rays
- IV: Particle Acceleration Processes in Interplanetary Space
- 14. Observational Data on Energy Variations of Cosmic Rays in Interplanetary Space
- 15. Particle Acceleration Due to Random Plasma Motions: Fermi Mechanism
- 16. Particle Acceleration by MHD Turbulence
- 17. Formation of Spectra of Accelerated Particles
- 18. Acceleration and Transport of Particles by MHD Shocks
- V: Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays
- 19. Basic Observational Data on Galactic Cosmic Rays
- 20. Theory of Galactic Cosmic Ray Modulation by Solar Wind Magnetic Field
- 21. Short-term Variations of Cosmic Ray Intensity
- Concluding Remarks
- I. The Green Function of the Stationary Transport Equation
- II. Solution to Non-stationary Transport Equation for a Constant Diffusion Coefficient
- III. Adiabatic Invariant of Charged Particle Crossing a Transverse Shock
- IV. Adiabatic Invariant of Charged Particle Crossing an Oblique Shock