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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

With over 50 contributors in the fields of astronomy and space physics, Cosmic Winds and the Heliosphere presents up-to-the-minute research and data in the areas of solar winds, heliosphere shocks, magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and kinetic phenomena. While the book reviews in detail the varieties of cosmic winds and the physics of their origin and movement, a final section considers the effect of cosmic winds on surrounding interstellar clouds, radio emissions, comets, planets and solar systems.

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contents.

-Collaborating Authors.

-Preface.

-PART I - INTRODUCTION.

-Mass Ejection and a Brief History of the Solar Wind Concept.

-PART II - VARIOUS KINDS OF WINDS.

-The Solar Wind.

-The Quest for Evidence of Long-Period Solar Wind Variability.

-The Winds of Cataclysmic Variables.

-Collimated Outflows from Young Stars.

-Winds from Pulsating Stars.

-Wind Properties of Evolved Stars: Effects on Particle Acceleration.

-Winds from X-Ray Binaries.

-PART III - THE PHYSICS OF WIND ORIGIN.

-Acceleration of the Solar Wind.

-Coronal Mass Ejections.

-Coronal Holes and the Solar Wind.

-Alfvén Wave-Driven Winds.

-PART IV - PHYSICAL PHENOMENA IN WINDS.

-Overview of Heliospheric Shocks.

-Global Merged Interaction Regions in the Outer Heliosphere.

-Solar Wind Magnetic Fields.

-Near-Sun Magnetic Fields and the Solar Wind.

-Stochastic Processes and the Origin of Stellar Winds.

-Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in Cosmic Winds.

-Composition of the Solar Wind.

-Kinetic Phenomena in the Solar Winds.

-Angular Momentum Evolution in Late-Type Stars.

-PART V - INTERACTIONS WITH SURROUNDING MEDIA.

-The Interstellar Cloud Surrounding the Solar System.

-The Termination Shock and the Heliosheath.

-Outer Heliospheric Radio Emissions.

-Transport and Acceleration of Energetic Particles in Winds.

-Effects of Cosmic Rays and Interstellar Gas on the Dynamics of a Wind.

-Supernova Blast Waves and Pre-Supernova Winds: Their Cosmic Ray Contribution.

-Solar Wind Interaction With Comets: Lessons for Modelling the Heliosphere.

-Glossary.

-Color Section.

-Acknowledgments.

-Index.

OUR REVIEW

This massive volume shows how solar winds have expanded to become a theme subject in astrophysics. It is also intended to reflect the present status of astrophysical knowledge about these matters.

With 52 collaborating authors, the editors have prepared a book which will remain the reference work on cosmic winds for the foreseeable future.