Solar particle radiation storms forecasting and analysis : the HESPERIA HORIZON 2020 project and beyond /: the HESPERIA HORIZON 2020 project and beyond. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Olga E. Malandraki, Norma B. Crosby, editors.
• Editors: Malandraki, Olga E; Crosby, N (Norma)
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1 Solar Energetic Particles and Space Weather: Science and Applications; 1.1 Science; 1.1.1 Historical Perspective of Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) Events; 1.1.2 Large Gradual SEP Events; 1.1.3 Ground Level Enhancement (GLE) Events; 1.1.4 Multi-Spacecraft Observations of SEP Events; 1.1.5 Particle Acceleration; 1.1.6 Key Open Questions and Future Missions; 1.2 Applications; 1.2.1 Why Study SEP Events?; 1.2.2 SEP Effects on Technology; 1.2.3 SEPs and Human Health Effects; 1.2.4 Mitigating the Effects of SEPs. 1.2.4.1 Hazard Assessment1.2.4.2 Mitigation Procedures; References; 2 Eruptive Activity Related to Solar Energetic Particle Events; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Scene; 2.3 Solar Flares: Energy Release and Radiative Signatures of Charged Particle Acceleration; 2.3.1 Emission Processes; 2.3.1.1 Bremsstrahlung; 2.3.1.2 Gyrosynchrotron Radiation; 2.3.1.3 Plasma Emission from Electron Beams; 2.3.1.4 Gamma-Rays from Accelerated Protons and Ions; 2.3.2 Where Are Electrons Accelerated in Solar Flares?; 2.3.3 A Qualitative View of Acceleration Processes; 2.4 What Is a Coronal Mass Ejection? 2.4.1 CME Magnetic Structure and Eruption2.4.2 Shock Waves and Particle Acceleration at CMEs; 2.5 Summary and Conclusion; References; 3 Particle Acceleration Mechanisms; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Acceleration Mechanisms; 3.2.1 Large-Scale Electric Field Acceleration; 3.2.2 Resonant Wave Acceleration; 3.2.3 Shock Acceleration; 3.2.4 Compressional Acceleration and Collapsing Magnetic Traps; 3.2.5 Stochastic Acceleration; 3.3 Concluding Remarks; References; 4 Charged Particle Transport in the Interplanetary Medium; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Energetic Particles in the Solar System. 4.1.2 The Interplanetary Magnetic Field4.1.3 Motion of Charged Particles. First Adiabatic Invariant; 4.2 Particle Transport; 4.2.1 Particle Transport Equations; 4.2.2 Focused Transport; 4.2.3 Diffusive Transport; 4.3 Application: Description of Solar Energetic Particle Events; 4.3.1 Numerical Techniques; 4.3.2 Observations; 4.3.3 Inferring Transport Conditions; 4.4 Concluding Remarks; References; 5 Cosmic Ray Particle Transport in the Earth's Magnetosphere; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Motion of Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field: Lorentz Force; 5.3 Earth's Magnetic Field. 5.3.1 The Magnetic Field of the Earth as a Dipole Field5.3.2 Magnetic Field Model Due to Internal Sources: IGRF; 5.3.3 Contributions to the Earth's Magnetic Field by Magnetospheric Electric Currents; 5.3.4 Magnetic Field Models of the External Sources; 5.4 Computation of the Propagation of Cosmic Ray Particles in the Earth's Magnetosphere; 5.5 The Concept of Cutoff Rigidities and Asymptotic Directions; References; 6 Ground-Based Measurements of Energetic Particles by Neutron Monitors; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 History; 6.3 Transport of Cosmic Ray Particles in the Earth's Atmosphere.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 539.7/223; Solar energetic particles; Atmospheric physics; Physics; Natural disasters; Physics; Solar energetic particles; Physics; Atmospheric physics; Natural disasters; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319600512; 3319600516
• Related ISBNs: 9783319600505; 3319600508
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