Full Description
This monograph traces the development of our understanding of how and where energetic particles are accelerated in the heliosphere and how they may reach the Earth. Detailed data sets are presented which address these topics. The bulk of the observations are from spacecraft in or near the ecliptic plane. It is timely to present this subject now that Voyager-1 has entered the true interstellar medium. Since it seems unlikely that there will be a follow-on to the Voyager programme any time soon, the data we already have regarding the outer heliosphere are not going to be enhanced for at least 40 years.
Contents
Introduction.- Instrumentation.- Energetic Particle Acceleration.- Solar Electrons as a Probe of the Inner Heliosphere.- Studies of Energetic Ions in the Inner Heliosphere.- Corotating Interaction Regions.- Studies onf the High Latitude Heliosphere.- The Anomalus Cosmic Ray.- Studies of the Distant Heliosphere beyond Jupiter.- Energetic Particles From Planetary Magnetospheres.- What about the Future?.-
