Solar neutrons and related phenomena (Q1046681)

This book represents an exhausting monograph on solar neutrons written by an expert who worked about these particles from the Sun since 1965. By the way, he is son-in-law of Nobel laureate Vitaly Ginzburg (1916 - 2009), to whom this monograph is dedicated. The table of contents is a very detailed one, it covers 24 printed pages. So, all topics about solar neutrons and the decay products of solar neutrons, solar gamma rays generated in processes like nuclear reactions between solar energetic charged particles and matter of the solar atmosphere, the capture of solar neutrons by hydrogen atoms in the solar atmosphere, the propagation of solar neutrons, solar gamma rays and other secondary particles through the solar photosphere, chromosphere and corona, and through the Earth's atmosphere are discussed in detail. Further, models and simulations of particle acceleration, interactions, and propagation processes show that observations of solar neutrons and gamma rays in space and in the Earth's atmosphere yield information on the source function of energetic solar particles, and density distribution of plasma in the solar atmosphere. Many observations are given in tables and figures, the corresponding theoretical developments are given in many formulas, and subject index and reference list are carefully developed. Finally, the last chapter, page 829 to 838, presents a good summary of the whole topic.