The Chaotic Solar Cycle

Arnold Hanslmeier (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

216 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-15-9820-3 (ISBN)

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This book offers an overview of solar physics with a focus on solar activity, particularly the activity cycle. It is known that solar activity varies periodically, but there are also phases of intermittency, such as the Maunder minimum, during which solar activity is very low or high over several decades. The book provides a brief introduction to chaos theory and investigates solar activity in terms of its chaotic behavior. It also discusses how intermittent phases of solar activity have affected and can affect Earth’s climate and long-term space weather, and reviews the underlying theories relating to the solar dynamo mechanism. Furthermore, each chapter includes references to scientific literature (review articles and papers) so that readers can delve deeper into the subjects covered. This richly illustrated book will appeal to a wide readership, and is also useful as a textbook for courses in solar physics and astrophysics.

Arnold Hanslmeier is a Full Professor and the Head of the Department of Astrophysics at the University of Graz. He has published several textbooks on astrophysics as well as popular science books, and is the author or co-author of more than 400 scientific papers listed in NASA ADS.

The Sun as a star.- Solar activity.- Chaos.- Chaotic solar cycle.- Solar cycle and Earth’s climate.- Prediction solar activity.

Erscheinungsdatum	16.01.2021
Reihe/Serie	Atmosphere, Earth, Ocean & Space
Zusatzinfo	89 Illustrations, color; 19 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 216 p. 108 illus., 89 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	981-15-9820-7 / 9811598207
ISBN-13	978-981-15-9820-3 / 9789811598203
Zustand	Neuware