Magnetohydrodynamic Processes in Solar Plasmas provides comprehensive and up-to-date theory and practice surrounding the fundamentals of heliospheric research and the Sun's basic plasma processes, covering the dynamics of the solar interior to its exterior in the framework of magnetohydrodynamics. The book covers novel aspects of solar and heliospheric physics, astrophysics, space science, and fundamentals of the fluids and plasmas. Topics covered include key phenomena in the solar interior such as magnetism, dynamo physics, and helioseismology, dynamics and plasma processes in its exterior, including fluid processes such as waves, shocks, instabilities, reconnection, dynamics in the partially ionized plasma, and much more. The book covers both the fundamentals of the topics included as well as current and future developments in the field, forming an essential, foundational reference for researchers, academics, and advanced students, in the field of solar physics and astrophysics, as well as neighboring disciplines.
Table of Contents
1. Overview of the Sun and Its Dynamical Plasma Processes 2. Recent Challenges in Understanding Solar Plasma Processes at Disparate Scales 3. The Sun as a Pulsating Star: Heliosiemic Models and Diagnostics of Solar Interior 4. Sun's Magnetic Field: Origin, Observations, and Extrapolations 5. Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in the Magnetized Solar Atmosphere 6. Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in the Structured Solar Fluxtubes 7. Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in the Partially Ionized Plasma: Two and Multi-fluid Approach 8. Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities 9. Magnetoacoustic Shock Waves and Their Physical Manifestation 10. Magnetic Reconnection 11. Coronal Heating 12. Origin and Acceleration of the Solar Wind 13. Solar Eruption Models: An Magnetohydrodynamic Approach 14. Conclusions and Future Perspectives on Magnetohydrodynamic Processes in the Solar Plasma
