Introduction to Space Weather -- The Sun and its Restless Magnetic Field -- The Application of Radio Diagnostics to the Study of the Solar Drivers of Space Weather -- Interplanetary Disturbances -- The Magnetosphere -- Space Weather Effects in the Upper Atmosphere: Low and Middle Latitudes -- Space Weather Effects in the Upper Atmosphere: High Latitudes -- Space Weather Effects on Technology --…
The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) Mission for the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) -- The SORCE Mission -- SORCE Contributions to New Understanding of Global Change and Solar Variability -- An Overview of the Disposition of Solar Radiation in the Lower Atmosphere: Connections to the SORCE Mission and Climate Change -- The SORCE Spacecraft and Operations -- The Total Irradiance…
Invited Lectures -- Observations of Photosphere and Chromosphere -- Solar Flares — Observations and Theory -- Coronal Mass Ejections and Magnetic Helicity -- High Energy Radiation from the Sun -- Physics of Solar Prominences -- Eight Years of Soho: Some Highlights -- Contributed Papers -- 2 1/2-D Compressible Reconnection Model -- Waiting Time Distribution of CMES -- Simultaneous Visible and …
Solar and Solar Radio Effects on Technologies -- Overview of Solar Radio Physics and Interplanetary Disturbances -- The Frequency Agile Solar Radiotelescope -- Radio Spectral Diagnostics -- Coronal Magnetic Field Measurements Through Gyroresonance Emission -- Coronal Magnetic Field Measurements Through Bremsstrahlung Emission -- Coronal Magnetic Field Measurements Through Quasi-Transverse Propa…
Adaptive Optics Instrumentation, Data Acquisition and Reduction Strategies -- The Sun and (Exo-)Planets -- Star Formation and Brown Dwarfs -- Evolved Stars -- Galactic Center and AGN -- Galaxies and Cosmology.The field of Adaptive Optics (AO) for astronomy has matured in recent years, and diffraction-limited image resolution in the near-infrared is now routinely achieved by ground-based 8 to 10…
Basics of Plasma Physics -- Nuclear Fusion -- Magnetic Confinement -- Plasma Diagnostics -- The Universe - A World of Plasma -- Waves in Plasmas -- Collisional and Turbulent Transport -- Fluctuations in Plasma -- Physics of Ion Traps -- Non-Neutral Plasmas -- High-Accuracy Experiments with Ion Traps -- Laboratory Class -- Energy for the 21st Century -- Research on Modern Gas Discharge Light Sou…
A Comparative Study of the Outer Planets Before the Exploration of Saturn by Cassini/Huygens: Introduction -- Formation and Evolution of the Giant Planets -- Formation of the Outer Planets -- Formation and Composition of Planetesimals -- Formation of the Cores of the Outer Planets -- Structure and Evolution of Giant Planets -- Formation of Giant Planets — An Attempt in Matching Observational …
Motivations for deep-space travel -- The realms of space -- Tomorrow’s targets -- Space propulsion today -- The incredible shrinking spaceprobe -- The nuclear option -- 21st century starflight -- On the technological horizon -- Exotic possibilities -- Of stars, planets and life -- Life between the stars -- Conscious spacecraft -- Meeting ET -- Interstellar message plaques -- Appendix: Photon …
Outstanding Problems in Particle Astrophysics -- Constructing the Cosmos, from Sunboats to Superclusters -- Recent Results from the Spitzer Space Telescope: A New View of the Infrared Universe -- Beyond the Standard Model in Particle Physics and Cosmology: Convergence or Divergence? -- B-L Genesis: Generalities and Impact on Neutrino Physics -- Stellar Explosion: From Supernovae to Gamma-Ray Bu…
Preface -- Cluster Observations of the Cusp: Magnetic Structure and Dynamics -- Magion-4 High-Altitude Cusp Study -- High-Altitude Cusp: The Extremely Dynamic Region in Geospace -- Magnetosheath Interaction with the high Latitude Magnetopause -- Cluster Observes the High-Altitude Cusp Region -- Low-Frequency Plasma Waves in the Outer Polar Cusp: A Review of Observations from Prognoz 8, Interbal…