Contents
Collaborating Authors
Preface / J. R. Jokipii, C. P. Sonett and M. S. Giampapa
Part I - Introduction
Mass Ejection and a Brief History of the Solar Wind Concept / E. N. Parker
Part II - Various Kinds of Winds
The Solar Wind / W. I. Axford and J. F. McKenzie
The Quest for Evidence of Long-Period Solar Wind Variability / C. P. Sonett, G. M. Webb and A. Zakharian
The Winds of Cataclysmic Variables / C. W. Mauche and J. C. Raymond
Collimated Outflows from Young Stars / J. Bally and S. W. Stahler
Winds from Pulsating Stars / L. A. Willson, C. Struck and G. H. Bowen
Wind Properties of Evolved Stars: Effects on Particle Acceleration / D. J. Mullan
Winds from X-Ray Binaries / T. R. Kallman
Part III - The Physics of Wind Origin
Acceleration of the Solar Wind / T. E. Holzer, V. H. Hansteen and E. Leer
Coronal Mass Ejections / A. J. Hundhausen
Coronal Holes and the Solar Wind / R. Esser and S. R. Habbal
Alfven Wave-Driven Winds / K. B. MacGregor and P. Charbonneau
Part IV - Physical Phenomena in Winds
Overview of Heliospheric Shocks / A. Balogh and P. Riley
Global Merged Interaction Regions in the Outer Heliosphere / F. B. McDonald and L. F. Burlaga
Solar Wind Magnetic Fields / E. J. Smith
Near-Sun Magnetic Fields and the Solar Wind / N. R. Sheeley, Jr., Y. -M. Wang and J. L. Phillips
Stochastic Processes and the Origin of Stellar Winds / M. Cuntz and E. A. Dorfi
Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in Cosmic Winds / M. L. Goldstein, D. A. Roberts and W. H. Matthaeus
Composition of the Solar Wind / R. von Steiger, J. Geiss and G. Gloeckler
Kinetic Phenomena in the Solar Wind / W. C. Feldman and E. Marsch
Angular Momentum Evolution in Late-Type Stars / P. Charbonneau, C. J. Schrijver and K. B. MacGregor
Part V - Interactions with Surrounding Media
The Interstellar Cloud Surrounding the Solar System / P. C. Frisch
The Termination Shock and the Heliosheath / S. T. Suess and S. Nerney
Outer Heliospheric Radio Emissions / W. S. Kurth and D. A. Gurnett
Transport and Acceleration of Energetic Particles in Winds / J. R. Jokipii
Effects of Cosmic Rays and Intersellar Gas on the Dynamics of a Wind / M. A. Lee
Supernova Blast Waves and Pres-Supernova Winds: Their Cosmic Ray Contribution / P. L. Biermann
Solar Wind Interaction with Comets: Lessons for Modeling the Heliosphere / T. I. Gombosi, D. L. De Zeeuw, T. Y. Linde and K. G. Powell
Glossary
Color Section
Acknowledgments
Index