Plasma Astrophysics And Space Physics: Proceedings of the VIIth International Conference held in Lindau, Germany, May 4–8, 1998

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Magnetic Discontinuities From Field Topology....Pages 1-7
Thoughts On Reconnection....Pages 9-16
Three-Dimensional Magnetic Reconnection In Astrophysical Plasmas — Mhd Approach....Pages 17-24
Three-Dimensional Magnetic Reconnection In Astrophysical Plasmas — Kinetic Approach....Pages 25-42
The Darkest Regions Of Solar Polar Coronal Holes Observed By Sumer On Soho....Pages 43-52
Coronal Holes Versus Normal Quiet Sun Observed With Sumer....Pages 53-61
Cyclotron Heating of the Solar Corona....Pages 63-76
Heating The Solar Corona By Magnetic Reconnection....Pages 77-100
Solar Wind Acceleration By The Dissipation Of Alfvén Waves....Pages 101-112
Plasma Heating By Forced Magnetic Reconnection....Pages 113-128
Evidence of Magnetic Reconnection In Solar Flares and a Unified Model of Flares....Pages 129-144
Observations Of Flares And Active Regions From Yohkoh, and Magnetodynamic Models Explaining Them....Pages 145-169
Solar Flare Phenomena As Phase Transition Caused By Frustration Of Current Percolation....Pages 171-182
Steady MHD Solutions For Collimated Winds....Pages 183-194
Magnetodynamic Formation Of Jets In Accretion Process Of Magnetized Mass Onto The Central Gravitator — Cases Of Forming Stars And Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 195-212
Interstellar Dust In The Solar System....Pages 213-218
Shocks In Space Dusty Plasmas....Pages 219-226
Observations Of Ions In Comets: A Contribution Towards Understanding The Comet-Solar Wind Interaction....Pages 227-234
Waves And Instabilities In Magnetized Dusty Plasmas....Pages 235-245
Observations Of Electromagnetically Coupled Dust In The Jovian Magnetosphere....Pages 247-256
Dust Plasma Interactions At Jupiter....Pages 257-271
The Martian Magnetosphere - A Laboratory For Bi-Ion Plasma Investigations....Pages 273-288
Formation Of Thin Current Sheets and Other Recent Developments In Magnetospheric Activity....Pages 289-302
Self-Organized Criticality, Multi-Fractal Spectra, And Intermittent Merging Of Coherent Structures In The Magnetotail....Pages 303-316
Fracton Excitations As A Driving Mechanism For The Self-Organized Dynamical Structuring In The Solar Wind....Pages 317-345
Self-Generation Of Magnetic Fields In Weakly Ionized Astrophysical Plasmas....Pages 347-356
Dynamo Dominated Accretion And Energy Flow: The Mechanism Of Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 357-380
Generation Of Magnetic Field And Fast Particles During Collision Of Electron-Positron Plasma Clouds....Pages 381-390
Coherent Emission In Astrophysics: A Critique....Pages 391-400
Radiation From Instabilities In Space Plasmas....Pages 401-410
Coherent Emission Mechanisms In Radio Pulsars....Pages 411-421
The Origin Of Highest Energy Cosmic Rays And Cosmic Magnetic Fields....Pages 423-435
Cosmic Rays And Clusters Of Galaxies....Pages 437-442
Cosmic Ray Nonlinear Processes In Space Plasma: Applications To The Dynamic Heliosphere....Pages 443-455
Recent Developments In Quasilinear Cosmic Ray Particle Acceleration Theories....Pages 457-469
Constraints On Particle Acceleration From The Extragalactic γ-Ray Background....Pages 471-479
Diffusive Shock Acceleration Of Electrons At An Interplanetary Shock Observed On 21 Feb 1994....Pages 481-488
High Energetic Electrons Accelerated By A Coronal Shock Wave....Pages 489-496
The Injection, Acceleration, And Dynamical Influence Of Interstellar Pickup Ions At The Solar Wind Termination Shock....Pages 497-508
Interplanetary Pick-Up Ion Acceleration....Pages 509-525
Dissipation, Ion Injection, And Acceleration In Collisionless Quasi-Parallel Shocks....Pages 527-543
Particle Acceleration At Comet Related Shock Surfaces....Pages 545-566
Radio Activity In Young Stellar Objects....Pages 567-572
Two Dimensional Models Of The Coronal Magnetic Field....Pages 573-580
Low Frequency Electrostatic Waves Generated By Nongyrotropic Ion Distributions....Pages 581-592
Minor Ions And Acceleration Of The Fast Solar Wind....Pages 593-598
Field Aligned Current And Particle Acceleration Near Io-Plasma Torus....Pages 599-602
Angle Distribution And Time Variations Of Gamma Ray Fluxes Generated By Galactic Cosmic Rays In Solar And Stellar Winds....Pages 603-612
Interaction Of Flare Energetic Particles With Solar And Stellar Wind Plasma: Expected Space-Time Distribution Of Gamma Ray Emissivity....Pages 613-624
Charged Particle Acceleration In Space Plasma With Two Types Of Scatterers....Pages 625-632
Shock Waves Of The Large-Scale Structure Formation In The Universe....Pages 633-638
Lower Cut-Off Energy Of 3 He-Rich Solar Particle Events ?....Pages 639-644
The Three-Dimensional Fully Kinetic Electromagnetic Pic Simulation Code Gismo....Pages 645-652
Inertia-Driven Reconnection In Extragalactic Jets....Pages 653-658
Induced Raman Scattering In Pulsars....Pages 659-665
Observations Of The Solar Eclipse On February 26. 1998: Study Of The Solar F - Corona....Pages 667-672
Non-Adibatic Acceleration Of Conic O+ Ions In Auroral “Electrostatic Shocks”....Pages 673-686
Interball Observations Of Field Aligned Current Signatures Due To Collisionless Reconnection....Pages 687-692
Modulational Interaction And Formation Of Coherent Structures In The Magnetosphere....Pages 693-698
On The Nonthermal X-Ray Emission In Blazar Jets....Pages 699-704
Centrifugal Acceleration In Jets From Agn....Pages 705-710
The Acceleration Time Of Anomalous Cosmic Rays....Pages 711-718
Particle Acceleration In Magnetic Reconnection Zones....Pages 719-723
The Galactic Disk-Halo System: Hydrostatic Equilibrium And Structuring....Pages 725-730
Neutrinos As Building Blocks Of The Universe....Pages 731-737
Helmet Streamers With Triple Structures: Stationary States And Dynamics....Pages 739-745
Particle Dynamics In The Magnetotail With Time Dependent Electric Field....Pages 747-754