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Conference COSPAR Colloquium (11th : 2000 : Potsdam, Germany)

Title The outer heliosphere : the next frontiers : proceedings of COSPAR Colloquium held in Potsdam, Germany, 24-28 July 2000 / edited by Klaus Scherer [and others].

Imprint Amsterdam ; New York : Pergamon, 2001.

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xvii, 524 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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Series COSPAR colloquia series ; v. 11
COSPAR colloquia series ; v. 11.
Summary The eleventh COSPAR colloquium The Outer Heliosphere: The Next Frontiers was held in Potsdam, Germany, from 24-28 July, 2000, and is the second dedicated to this subject after the first one held in Warsaw, Poland in 1989. Roughly a century has passed after the first ideas by Oliver Lodge, George Francis Fitzgerald and Kristan Birkeland about particle clouds emanating from the Sun and interacting with the Earth environment. Only a few decades after the formulation of the concepts of a continuous solar corpuscular radiation by Ludwig Bierman and a solar wind by Eugene Parker, heliospheric physics has evolved into an important branch of astrophysical research. Numerous spacecraft missions have increased the knowledge about the heliosphere tremendously. Now, at the beginning of a new millenium it seems possible, by newly developed propulasion technologies to send a spacecraft beyond the boundaries of the heliosphere. Such an Interstellar Proce will start the in-situ exploration of interstellar space and, thus, can be considered as the first true astrophysical spacecraft. The year 2000 appeared to be a highly welcome occassion to review the achievements since the last COSPAR Colloquia 11 years ago, to summarize the present developments and to give new impulse for future activities in heliospheric research.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Note Print version record.
Contents Front Cover; THE OUTER HELIOSPHERE: THE NEXT FRONTIERS; Copyright Page; Contents; Session 1: Large Scale Structure; Session 2: Heliospheric and Interstellar Connections; Session 3: Messengers from Outside; Session 4: Echoes from the Heliopause; Session 5: The Heliosphere and Galaxy; Session 6: View of Space Agencies and Companies; Session 7: At the Edge of the Solar System; Session 8: New Kinetic Aspects of Heliospheric Physics; Session 9: Modern Heliospheric Spacecraft and Missions; Session 10: Modern Heliospheric Technologies; Session 11: Connections to Earth; Session 12: Miscellaneous.
Subject Heliosphere (Astrophysics) -- Congresses.
Solar wind -- Congresses.
Interstellar matter -- Congresses.
Galactic cosmic rays -- Congresses.
Héliosphère -- Congrès.
Vents solaires -- Congrès.
Matière interstellaire -- Congrès.
Rayonnement cosmique galactique -- Congrès.
SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
Galactic cosmic rays
Heliosphere (Astrophysics)
Interstellar matter
Solar wind
Genre/Form Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Added Author Scherer, Klaus.
Other Form: Print version: COSPAR Colloquium (11th : 2000 : Potsdam, Germany). Outer heliosphere. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; New York : Pergamon, 2001 0444509097 9780444509093 (DLC) 2001051163 (OCoLC)48038263
ISBN 9780080538280 (electronic bk.)
0080538282 (electronic bk.)
9780444509093
0444509097
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DEBBG BV042311071
DEBSZ 277390486
DEBSZ 482355247
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NZ1 15193788
AU@ 000059689031

 
    
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