The Heliosphere Near Solar Minimum: The Ulysses perspective [Hardcover]

On the Ulysses mission scientists gathered observations from the unexplored regions of the heliosphere. This book presents a highly readable and concise account of the results. The authors summarise our understanding of the area and provide the basis for understanding the more complex state of the heliosphere around solar maximum. The first chapter provides an overview of the region, introducing the heliosphere prior to the Ulysses mission, and mission objectives. Subsequent chapters discuss the areas of the heliosphere, large and small scale features, cosmic rays and energetic particles, and the observations of interstellar gas and cosmic dust.1. Introduction.-
2. The solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field in three dimensions.-
3. Corotating and transient structures in the heliosphere.-
4. Microstructure.-
5. Waves and instabilities in the 3-D heliosphere.-
6. Energetic particles in the heliosphere.-
7. Heliospheric and interstellar phenomena revealed from observations of pickup ions.-
8. Cosmic rays at all latitudes in the inner heliosphere.-
9. Interstellar gas and cosmic dust.-
Glossary.-
Index.The editors of this book are Principal or Co-Investigators of experiments on the Ulysses mission, and the contributors are all senior scientists who are members of the spacecraft's investigation teams
There is no other book currently available which describes the heliosphere from the unique vantage point of the Ulysses mission, and which synthesises the full range of scientific results of relevance to this region of space
The Ulysses mission has provided the first observations of the heliosphere at high solar latitudes. The results are essential to the understanding of the three-dimensional heliosphere, and will not be superceded for many years
The book is timely given the current international interest in solar-terrestrial physics