Turbulence, Waves And Instabilities In The Solar Plasma

Significant advances have been made recently in both the theoretical understanding and observation of small-scale turbulence in different layers of the Sun, and in the instabilities that give rise to them. The general development of solar physics, however, has led to such a degree of specialization as to hinder interaction between workers in the field. This book therefore presents studies of different layers and regions of the Sun, but from the same aspect, concentrating on the study of small-scale motions. The main emphasis is on the common theoretical roots of these phenomena, but the book also contains an extensive treatment of the observational aspects.

This proceedings volume contains 17 "outlook reviews" presented at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Budapest, Hungary in September 2002. Although written by researchers studying different layers and regions of the Sun, the papers all focus on the study of small-scale motions. Sample topics include instabilities and motions in the tachocline layer and the turbulent nature of solar atmospheric heating. Further contributions to the workshop (focus reviews, contributed talks, and posters) are being published in the companion volume "Contributions on Turbulence, Waves, and Instabilities in the Solar Plasma" in the series Publications of the Department of Astronomy of Eötovös University, no. 13. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR