|
Showing 1 - 1 of
1 matches in All Departments
The solar wind is a stream of charged particles -- a plasma --
ejected from the upper atmosphere of the sun. It consists mostly of
electrons and protons with energies of about 1 keV. These particles
are able to escape the sun's gravity, in part because of the high
temperature of the corona, but also because of high kinetic energy
that particles gain through a process that is not well-understood
at this time. The solar wind creates the Heliosphere, a vast bubble
in the interstellar medium surrounding the solar system. Other
phenomena include geomagnetic storms that can knock out power grids
on Earth, the aurorae such as the Northern Lights, and the plasma
tails of comets that always point away from the sun. This book
presents the latest research in the world on this topic.
|
You may like...
Tenet
John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, …
DVD
(1)
R51
Discovery Miles 510
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.