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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

This timely volume presents a lucid and synthesised review of the latest observations of the solar corona and how they have advanced and shaped our understanding of coronal physics. In the process, we are introduced to a wide variety of exciting physics including dynamo theory and radiative transfer. We are also shown how the transient effects of the solar cycle affect "space weather". The basic physics involved and the historical background are also covered. This book provides a much-needed introduction to coronal physics for students and for researchers.

(Extracted from the back cover)

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.

-Preface.

-Acknowledgments.

-1. Introduction.

-2. Brief History of Coronal Studies.

-3. The Coronal Spectrum.

-4. The Solar Cycle.

-5. Ground-based Observations.

-6. Observations from Space: I. The First 30 Years.

-7. Activity of the Inner Corona.

-8. Observations from Space: II. Recent Missions.

-9. Solar Flares & the Corona.

-10. Solar-terrestrial Physics.

-Notes

-References.

-Index.

OUR REVIEW

The deep knowledge of the solar corona is one of the most important as well as attractive fields of research in current heliophysics. This book presents us a reference text with the latest findings on this matter, and also with a clear, precise description of the phenomenon and its influence on Earth and the other planets of the Solar System.

The authors include a brief historical account of the research carried out around the solar corona, and then describe it in full detail, first just as it was (and is) seen from our terrestrial observatories, and then as it is presented to the "eyes" of the instruments set on space vehicles.

The importance of the book lies in the fact that it's already been three decades that nothing exclusively devoted to this issue had been written, thus the present volume will soon be essential to update those readers having a professional interest in the study of the solar corona.