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Solar-Terrestrial Relations, 1st ed. 2023
From Solar Activity to Heliobiology
Author: Miroshnichenko Leonty
Language: EnglishSubjects for Solar-Terrestrial Relations:
231 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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The author provides state-of-the-art information about existing problems and discusses different channels for extraterrestrial influences at the up-to-date level: electromagnetic waves and fields, total solar irradiance, solar wind, energetic solar particles, galactic cosmic rays, cosmic dust, etc. Some of the well-known and suggested STR effects and corresponding physical mechanisms are illustrated by several examples. In particular, a number of different external ?signals? in observed changes of terrestrial climate and weather are considered. Especially, an expected impact of geophysical disturbances on the accuracy of some precise physical measurements and experiments is analysed. Due attention is paid to the heliobiological aspects of STR. Particular emphasis is on the multifactor nature of magneto-biological effect (MBE), its non-stationary and non-linear behaviour. The author also discusses main features of different physical mechanisms (electromagnetic fields, ionising radiation, triggers, rhythmic and resonances in solar-terrestrial systems) and their applicability to the Sun-Earth problem. The most of them are still needed in more sophisticated theoretical development and experimental confirmation. The main goals of interdisciplinary studies in this field are to determine partial impacts of solar-geomagnetic variability on the terrestrial environments and estimate (separate) relative contributions of different factors into various STR phenomena.
The book is based on lectures given on advanced undergraduate level and will also benefit newcomers (physicists and engineers) to the field.
1. Introduction: Sun-Earth Problem
2. Main Characteristics of the Sun
3. Solar Activity
4. Structure and Dynamics of Interplanetary Medium
5. Acceleration of Charge Particles at/near the Sun
6. Accelerated Particles in the Solar Atmosphere
7. Particle Transport in the Heliosphere
8. Energetic Particles in the Geosphere
9. Hierarchy of Solar-Terrestrial Relations
10. The Sun and Biosphere (Heliobiology)
11. The Future of Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Bibliography
Appendices
Acronyms
Presents a review of modern concepts and main results of the Sun-Earth problem
Investigates proposed physical mechanisms of solar-terrestrial relations (STR), or Space Weather
Based on a lecture course on solar-terrestrial relations