• ISBN13: 9783527409945
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Physics and Astronomy
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publisher Imprint: Wiley-VCH
• Publication Date: January 1, 2012
• Pages: 230
• Original Price: USD 176.75
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 577 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Space Science / Astronomy

From the Back Cover

This concise and systematic account of the current state of this new branch of astrophysics presents the theoretical foundations of plasma astrophysics, magneto-hydrodynamics and coronal magnetic structures, taking into account the full range of available observation techniques - from radio to gamma.

The book discusses stellar magnetic loops during flare energy releases, MHD waves and oscillations, plasma instabilities and heating and charged particle acceleration. Current trends and developments in MHD seismology of solar and stellar coronal plasma systems are also covered, while recent progress is presented in the observational study of quasiperiodic pulsations in solar and stellar flares with radio, optical, X and gamma rays. In addition, the authors investigate plasma instabilities and the origin of coherent radio emission from stellar loops, paying special attention to their fine structure.

From the contents:

• Introduction and overview
• Coronal magnetic loop as an equivalent electric circuit
• Resonators for MHD oscillations in stellar coronae
• Propagating MHD waves in coronal plasma waveguides
• Prominence seismology
• The coronal loop as a magnetic mirror trap
• Flaring events in stellar coronal loops
• Stellar coronal seismology as a diagnostic tool for flare plasma
• Heating mechanisms in stellar coronae
• Loops and QPOs in accretion disks and neutron stars
• Conclusion

Alexander V. Stepanov is director of the Pulkovo Observatory, Russia, and elected member of the European Astronomical Society Council. 150 papers on various processes related to flares and the solar corona and how to measure and interpret their emissions prove his standing with the community.

Valery V. Zaitsev is head of the Laboratory of Plasma Physics of the Atmospheres of the Sun and Planets at the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Founding Member of the European Astronomical Society.Various assignments have taken him to the European Southern Observatory and the Astrophys. Institute Potsdam, Germany, among others.
His research centers on solar and stellar flares, winds and radio emission, coronal structures and plasma kinetics. It is documented in over 200 publications.

Valery M. Nakariakov is Professor at the University of Warwick, UK, Councilor of the Royal Astronomical Society and Vice President of the European Solar Physics Division of the European Physical Society. His research focuses on astrophysical and laboratory plasmas, on solar coronal physics and magnetohydrodynamic coronal seismology.