Coronal Mass Ejections

by H. Kunow

Book Overview

It is well known, that the Sun as central star of our solar system gravitationally controls the orbits of planets and minor bodies. Much less known is the domain of plasma fields and charged particles, however, in which the Sun with a radius of less than 0.7 Million km governs the heliosphere out to about 15 Billion km, a distance about 20 000 times larger in radius or nearly 1013 times bigger in volume. What forces activates the Sun to maintain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387450866
• ISBN13: 9780387450865
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 2.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.5"