Solar physics from space
Abstract
The application of the High Resolution Solar Observatory (HRSO), an economical version of the Solar Optical Telescope, to the study of solar and astrophysical phenomena is considered. Recent conceptual changes in solar physics are discussed, with emphasis on the present understanding of the interactions between the solar magnetic fields and plasma. It is noted that the HRSO will be well suited to the investigation of the intense activity of the upper chromosphere and corona which is thought to result from magnetic field stresses generated in the photosphere by turbulent plasma flow.
- Publication:
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Aerospace Century XXI: Space Sciences, Applications, and Commercial Developments
- Pub Date:
- 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987sacd.proc.1169A
- Keywords:
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- Plasma Turbulence;
- Solar Activity;
- Solar Corona;
- Solar Magnetic Field;
- Solar Physics;
- High Resolution;
- Interplanetary Magnetic Fields;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Flow;
- Solar Atmosphere;
- Solar Observatories;
- Space Commercialization;
- Solar Physics