The High Latitude Heliosphere

Proceedings of the 28th ESLAB Symposium, 19-21 April 1994, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-94-010-4075-4
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 498 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 815 g

The launch in October 1990 of the joint ESA-NASA Ulysses mission marked the start of a new era in the study of the heliosphere. For the fIrst time, in-situ observations are being made covering the full range of heliographic latitudes. Following the successful gravity-assist manoeuvre at Jupiter in February 1992, Ulysses left the ecliptic plane in a southerly direction and headed back toward the Sun, passing over the southern solar pole in mid-1994. To mark these unique events, the 28th ESLAB Symposium, held in Friedrichs hafen, Germany, on 19-21 April 1994, was devoted to "The High Latitude Helio sphere". Following on from the highly successful 19th ESLAB Symposium "The Sun and the Heliosphere in Three Dimensions" (Les Diablerets, 1985), the purpose of the meeting was to review out-of-ecliptic results from the Ulysses mission obtained to date, and to provide a focus for the fIrst polar pass. Relevant results from other space missions, as well as ground-based and theoretical studies, were also included. Attended by 130 scientists, the main themes of the Symposium were The Sun and Corona, Large-Scale Heliospheric Structure, Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere, Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere, and Interstellar Gas and Cosmic Dust. The scientifIc programme consisted of a number of Topical Review papers introducing various as pects of these themes, supplemented by a large number of contributed papers (72 in to tal) presented either orally or as posters. Undoubtedly, the excellent poster sessions formed one of the highlights of the meeting.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marsden, R. G.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Instrumente, Methoden
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Opening Remarks:.- Address by ESA’s Director of Scientific Programmes.- Exploring the Heliosphere in Three Dimensions: A Keynote Presentation.- Session 1: The Sun and Corona.- Session 2: Large-Scale Heliospheric Structure.- Session 3: Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere.- Session 4: Cosmic Rays in the Heliosphere.- Session 5: Interstellar Gas and Cosmic Dust.- Session 6: Summary.