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- The first book to describe the heliosphere through the 11-year solar activity cycle.
- Compares uniquely the solar minimum and maximum activity epochs.
- Demonstrates how the heliosphere changes and functions over a sunspot cycle.
- Shows how the Ulysses results affect our understanding of the heliosphere.
- Written by leading authorities on the heliosphere, the sun and its activity, and the Ulysses observations.
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Astronomy and Planetary Sciences (ASTRONOMY)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Understanding how the Sun changes though its 11-year sunspot cycle and how these changes affect the vast space around the Sun – the heliosphere – has been one of the principal objectives of space research since the advent of the space age. This book presents the evolution of the heliosphere through an entire solar activity cycle. The last solar cycle (cycle 23) has been the best observed from both the Earth and from a fleet of spacecraft. Of these, the joint ESA-NASA Ulysses probe has provided continuous observations of the state of the heliosphere since 1990 from a unique vantage point, that of a nearly polar orbit around the Sun. Ulysses’ results affect our understanding of the heliosphere from the interior of the Sun to the interstellar medium - beyond the outer boundary of the heliosphere. Written by scientists closely associated with the Ulysses mission, the book describes and explains the many different aspects of changes in the heliosphere in response to solar activity. In particular, the authors describe the rise in solar activity from the last minimum in solar activity in 1996 to its maximum in 2000 and the subsequent decline in activity.
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From the reviews:
"The book reviews the major achievements by Ulysses over solar cycle 23 … . The reviews are up to date with a comprehensive list of references. As such, the book may serve as an excellent starting point for those who are just starting to work in this field as well as for practitioners who wish to gain a wider perspective. … In short, the book will help readers new to this research field to appreciate the current understanding of the heliosphere … ." (Bo Li, Eos, October, 2008)
Authors and Affiliations
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The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, UK
André Balogh
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Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, USA
Louis J. Lanzerotti
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National Space Science & Technology Center, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, USA
Steven T. Suess
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Heliosphere through the Solar Activity Cycle
Authors: André Balogh, Louis J. Lanzerotti, Steven T. Suess
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74302-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-74301-9Published: 23 October 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09368-5Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-74302-6Published: 08 December 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 286
Additional Information: Jointly published with Praxis Publishing, UK
Topics: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Planetology, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics