Aryana Libris

Author : Lang Kenneth
Title : The sun from space
Year : 2009

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Preface to the Second Edition. The First Edition of The Sun from Space, completed in 1999, focused on the early accomplishments of three solar spacecraft, SOHO, Ulysses, and Yohkoh, primarily during a minimum in the Sun’s 11-year cycle of magnetic activity. The comprehensive Second Edition includes the main findings of these three spacecraft over an entire activity cycle, including two minima and a maximum, and discusses the significant results of six more solar missions. Four of these, the Hinode, RHESSI, STEREO, and TRACE missions were launched after the First Edition was either finished or nearly so, and the other two, the ACE and Wind spacecraft, extend our investigations from the Sun to its varying input to the Earth. The Second Edition does not contain simple updates or cosmetic patch ups to the material in the First Edition. It instead contains the relevant discoveries of the past decade, integrated into chapters completely rewritten for the purpose. This provides a fresh perspective to the major topics of solar enquiry, written in an enjoyable, easily understood text accessible to all readers, from the interested layperson to the student or professional. The main scientific accomplishments of the ACE, RHESSI, SOHO, TRACE, Ulysses, and Wind missions, which are included in their 2005 Senior Review Proposals, have been described in Chapter 1 and included in greater detail in the relevant chapters. (Yohkoh completed its decade-long scrutiny of the X-ray Sun in 2001, while Hinode and STEREO were not launched until late 2006.) Members of the Solar Physics Community were consulted about key discoveries or important reviews during the past decade. Persons who provided important review articles or other significant new information include Loren Acton, Markus J. Aschwanden, Eugene H. Avrett, Sarbani Basu, Paul M. Bellan, Benjamin D. G. Chandran, James Chen, Steven R. Cranmer, George A. Doschek, Murray Dryer, Peter Foukal, Joseph V. Hollweg, Gordon D. Holman, Stephen W. Kahler, James A. Klimchuk, Jun Lin, Donald Liebenberg, No´e Lugaz, Ward Manchester, Scott W. McIntosh, Mark Miesch, Ronald L. Moore, Judit Pap, Eugene Parker, Alexei A. Pevtsov, Arthur I. Poland, Arik Posner, Ilia Roussev, Wilfred Schröder, Leonard Strachan, Yi-Ming Wang, David F. Webb, Thomas N. Woods, Jie Zhang, and Thomas H. Zurbuchen. ...