Articles and Scientific Papers

• Coronal Holes, a 4000-word general-audience article written by Steven Cranmer for the Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, a four-volume reference work to be published in 2000 by Institute of Physics Publishing, in collaboration with Macmillan Publishers Ltd. This article contains a broad overview of past and current research on coronal holes and the high-speed component of the solar wind.

  [This article is available in gzipped postscript (605 Kbytes) and PDF (447 Kbytes) formats]

• "Spectroscopic Constraints on Models of Ion-Cyclotron Resonance Heating in the Polar Solar Corona and High Speed Solar Wind," by S. R. Cranmer, G. B. Field, and J. L. Kohl, published in the June 20, 1999 volume of the Astrophysical Journal (volume 518, page 937). This scientific paper contains detailed comparisons between observations of the extended solar corona and theoretical models of ion energization by resonant wave damping.

  [This paper is available in gzipped postscript (845 Kbytes) and PDF (368 Kbytes) formats]

• "UVCS/SOHO Empirical Determinations of Anisotropic Velocity Distributions in the Solar Corona," by J. L. Kohl, G. Noci, E. Antonucci, G. Tondello, M. C. E. Huber, S. R. Cranmer, L. Strachan, and 23 others, published in the July 1, 1998 volume of the Astrophysical Journal Letters (volume 501, page L127). This scientific paper contains the first preliminary analysis of the faster oxygen outflow spiraling speeds and outflow speeds from UVCS/SOHO data.

  [This paper is available in gzipped postscript (218 Kbytes) and PDF (169 Kbytes) formats]

Outreach and Education Links

Bill Arnett's entry on the Sun from The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System

The University of Michigan's Windows to the Universe (especially parts such as their Basic Facts about Space Weather)

A Virtual Tour of the Sun, from the Netherlands

The Stanford University SOLAR (Solar On-Line Activity Resources) Center

The Yohkoh Public Outreach Project, with a lot of fascinating multimedia of the Sun in X-rays

The Space Environment Center's Primer on our Space Environment

SunBlock '99, a multi-media tour of the Sun and its environment from the United Kingdom

Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics, by Martin V. Zombeck, 2nd ed. (copyright Cambridge University Press, 1982, 1990), a useful reference publically accessible on the Web.

Rice University's Space Update display systems and resources