Extreme solar particle storms : the hostile Sun
Solar activity e-böcker
IOP Publishing
2020
EISBN 9780750322324
1. Introduction.
2. What can be learned from modern data?.
2.1. Strength of solar flares.
2.2. Solar particle events.
2.3. Major geomagnetic storms
3. State-of-the-art theory and modeling.
3.1. Solar and stellar dynamos.
3.2. Particle acceleration at the sun
4. Cosmogenic isotopes as proxies for solar energetic particles.
4.1. What can we learn about SPEs in the past?.
4.2. Production of cosmogenic isotopes in the atmosphere.
4.3. Isotope transport.
4.4. Isotope archiving in ice cores.
4.5. Lunar archives
5. Measurements of radionuclides.
5.1. Measurement techniques.
5.2. Tree rings.
5.3. Analysis of cosmogenic isotopes recorded in ice cores
6. Characterization of the measured events.
6.1. Observed SEP events: knowns and unknowns.
6.2. Reconstruction of energy spectra.
6.3. Known visual auroral observations.
6.4. Event statistics and the worst-case scenario
7. Further search for extreme events.
7.1. Terrestrial cosmogenic isotopes.
7.2. Historical archival records.
7.3. Sun-like stars
8. Possible impacts.
8.1. Environmental effects.
8.2. Technological and societal effects.
9. Concluding remarks.
It is becoming increasingly clear that our modern technological society is vulnerable to the impacts of severe solar storms, radiation, particle and geomagnetic disturbances. However, the potential severity of these extreme solar events and their probability of occurring are unknown. What can we expect from the Sun? What could the most severe solar particle storms look like? Does the Sun have an unlimited ability to produce severe storms? Can a destructive "black swan" event occur? Direct solar data covers only several decades, a period too short to answer these questions. Fortunately, other indirect ways to study these possibly rare extreme solar storms have been discovered, paving the way for analysis of these events on the multi-millennial time scale. At present, studies of extreme solar events are growing, forming a new research discipline. This book, written by leaders in the corresponding aspects of the field, presents a first systematic review of the current state of the art.
2. What can be learned from modern data?.
2.1. Strength of solar flares.
2.2. Solar particle events.
2.3. Major geomagnetic storms
3. State-of-the-art theory and modeling.
3.1. Solar and stellar dynamos.
3.2. Particle acceleration at the sun
4. Cosmogenic isotopes as proxies for solar energetic particles.
4.1. What can we learn about SPEs in the past?.
4.2. Production of cosmogenic isotopes in the atmosphere.
4.3. Isotope transport.
4.4. Isotope archiving in ice cores.
4.5. Lunar archives
5. Measurements of radionuclides.
5.1. Measurement techniques.
5.2. Tree rings.
5.3. Analysis of cosmogenic isotopes recorded in ice cores
6. Characterization of the measured events.
6.1. Observed SEP events: knowns and unknowns.
6.2. Reconstruction of energy spectra.
6.3. Known visual auroral observations.
6.4. Event statistics and the worst-case scenario
7. Further search for extreme events.
7.1. Terrestrial cosmogenic isotopes.
7.2. Historical archival records.
7.3. Sun-like stars
8. Possible impacts.
8.1. Environmental effects.
8.2. Technological and societal effects.
9. Concluding remarks.
It is becoming increasingly clear that our modern technological society is vulnerable to the impacts of severe solar storms, radiation, particle and geomagnetic disturbances. However, the potential severity of these extreme solar events and their probability of occurring are unknown. What can we expect from the Sun? What could the most severe solar particle storms look like? Does the Sun have an unlimited ability to produce severe storms? Can a destructive "black swan" event occur? Direct solar data covers only several decades, a period too short to answer these questions. Fortunately, other indirect ways to study these possibly rare extreme solar storms have been discovered, paving the way for analysis of these events on the multi-millennial time scale. At present, studies of extreme solar events are growing, forming a new research discipline. This book, written by leaders in the corresponding aspects of the field, presents a first systematic review of the current state of the art.
