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9781583812372

New Solar Physics with Solar-B Mission : Proceedings of the Sixth Solar-B Science Meeting Held at the Kyoto International Community House, Kyoto, Japan, 8-11 November 2005

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  • ISBN13:

    9781583812372

  • ISBN10:

    1583812377

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-03-30
  • Publisher: Astronomical Society of the pacific
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Table of Contents

The Solar-B EUV Imaging Spectrometer: An Overview of the EIS Instrumentp. 3
The X-Ray Telescope for Solar-B: Calibration and Predicted Performancep. 19
Archiving, Distribution and Analysis of Solar-B Datap. 31
Application of CHIANTI to Solar-Bp. 35
Calibration of the SOT Polarizationp. 39
Calibration of SOT Dopplergramsp. 43
Examinations of the Relative Alignment of the Instruments on SOTp. 47
Estimate on SOT Light Level in Flight with Throughput Measurements in SOT Sun Testsp. 51
Performance Characteristics of the Solar-B Spectro-Polarimeterp. 55
The Solar-B Science Center in Japanp. 59
Temperature Analysis with the XRTp. 63
Recent High Resolution Observations and Interpretations of Sunspot Fine Structurep. 71
Solar Magneto-Convection Simulationsp. 87
Helicity as the Ultimate Test to the Surface Dynamo Problemp. 99
What are 'Faculae'?p. 103
Supersonic Downflows in the Photosphere Discovered in Sunspot Moat Regionsp. 113
Small Scale Energy Release Driven by Supergranular flowsp. 119
The Quiet Sun Magnetic Fieldp. 125
What Can We Learn about Filaments from Vector Magnetogramsp. 137
Magnetic Correspondence between Moving Magnetic Features and Penumbral Magnetic Fieldsp. 145
Formation of Magnetic Non-Potentiality in a Solar Active Regionp. 153
Skew Angle and Magnetic Helicity in Solar Active Regionsp. 163
Evolutionary Characteristics of Magnetic Helicity Injection in Active Regionsp. 167
The Use of Spectro-Polarimetric Measurements to Determine the Plasma Heatingp. 171
Determination of Magnetic Helicity of a Solar Active Region using the Linear Force-Free Field Modelp. 175
Helicity Injection in Regions of Various Magnetic Fluxesp. 179
Calculations of Photospheric Plasma Velocity Fields using Photospheric Magnetic Field Measurementsp. 183
Waves and Shocks in the Solar Atmospherep. 193
Plans to Observe Flare-Associated Waves with Solar-Bp. 205
Flare-Associated Oscillations in Coronal Multiple-Loops Observed with the Norikura Green-Line Imaging Systemp. 213
Solar-B as a Tool for Coronal Wave Studiesp. 221
Observed Co-Temporal Oscillations by CDS and TRACE and the Implications for Solar-B Instrumentationp. 225
Chromospheric Dynamics: Spicules and Wavesp. 231
Chromospheric Magnetic Reconnectionp. 243
The Relationship between EUV Brightenings and Dark Mottles in the Quiet Sunp. 257
Towards Understanding the Solar Atmospherep. 263
Topological Dissipation and The Solar Coronap. 269
Limb Prominences seen in UV, EUV and SXRp. 279
Observational Analysis of the Relation between Coronal Loop Heating and Photospheric Magnetic Fieldsp. 287
Magnetic Twist of EUV Coronal Loops observed by TRACEp. 299
Investigation of Coronal Loop Temperatures Using Three EUV Filters and Implications for Future Work with Solar-Bp. 303
Studying Transition Region Phenomena with Solar-B/EISp. 307
Local Helioseismologyp. 313
Observations of Helioseismic Response to Flare Energy-release Eventsp. 325
Three-Dimensional Numerical Experiments of Flux Emergence into the Coronap. 335
Observation of Magnetic Field Reconnection at the Base of EFR Surgesp. 347
Three-Dimensional MHD Simulations of Emerging Flux and Associated Magnetic Reconnectionp. 355
Flux Cancellation Associated with Flux Emergence on the Sunp. 367
3-D Magnetohydrodynamics Simulation of the Solar Emerging Fluxp. 371
Magnetohydrodynamic Numerical Simulations of Emerging Flux Tube for Studying Effects of Twist Intensityp. 377
Three-dimensional Filament Eruption Driven by a Emerging Fluxp. 381
Correlation between Increases of Magnetic Fluxes and Brightenings of Coronal Structures around Emerging Flux Regionsp. 385
Recent Progress in Study of Magnetic Reconnection in a Laboratory Plasma and Possible Application to Space Astrophysical Plasmasp. 391
Investigation of Reconnection in the Solar Corona by Numerical Simulation Based on Solar-B Observationsp. 407
Simulation Study of Three-Dimensional and Nonlinear Dynamics of Flux Tube in the Solar Coronap. 421
Low Atmosphere Reconnections Associated with a Filament Eruptionp. 425
A Statistical Study of the Reconnection Rate in Solar Flaresp. 429
Self-similar Reconnection : A new model for Astrophysical Application beyond the Petschek Modelp. 433
XRT and EIS Observations of Reconnection Associated Phenomenap. 439
Oblique Shocks in the Reconnection Jet in Solar Flaresp. 443
Structure and Evolution of Magnetic Fields Leading to Solar Flaresp. 449
Evolution of H[alpha] Kernels and Energy Release in an X-Class Flarep. 461
Simulation Study of Transition Process from Long-Lived Sigmoid to Flare Eruptionp. 469
Flare Energy Conversion due to Direct Electric Fields Resulting from the Sheared Reconnectionp. 477
High Velocity Doppler shift Observations of 10 MK Flare Plasmap. 481
Observations of Simultaneous Coronal Loop Shrinkage and Expansion during the Decay Phase of a Solar Flarep. 485
Supra-Arcade Downflows: Results from Observational Analysisp. 489
Quantitative Analysis of Nonthermal Electrons in Impulsive Hard X-ray Flaresp. 493
Electron Acceleration at the Earth's Bow Shock, Solar Flares and Interplanetary Shocksp. 497
Combining Hydrodynamics Modeling with Test Particle Tracking to Improve Flare Simulationsp. 501
A Simulation of Flares in YSOs with Non-thermal Heating and Expected Hard X-ray Spectrump. 505
Solar Origins of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejectionsp. 511
Multidimensional Simulations of Filament Channel Structure and Evolutionp. 525
Origin of the Sheared Magnetic Fields that Explode in Flares and Coronal Mass Ejectionsp. 539
Observation of a Coronal Mass Ejection and its Source Region with NOrikura Green-line Imaging System (NOGIS)p. 543
What Coronal Parameters Determine Solar Wind Speed?p. 549
Self-consistent MHD Modeling of Solar Windp. 557
The energetics of the Slow Solar windp. 569
Study of Small-Scale Dynamics in Quiet Regions from TRACE/BBSO Observationsp. 573
Summary Review: Science with the SOTp. 579
Two Fundamental MHD Problems in Solar Physicsp. 587
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