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The Theory of Direct Dark Matter Detection: A Guide to Computations
Del Nobile, Eugenio
A manual for computations in direct Dark Matter detection phenomenology. Featuring self-contained sections on non-relativistic expansion, elastic and inelastic scattering kinematics, Dark Matter velocity distribution, hadronic matrix elements, nuclear form factors, cross sections, rate spectra and parameter-space constraints, as well as a handy tw…
Prospects for Asteroseismology of Rapidly Rotating B-Type Stars
Saio, Hideyuki
In rapidly rotating stars, Coriolis forces and centrifugal deformations modify the properties of oscillations; the Coriolis force is important for low-frequency modes, while the centrifugal deformation affects mainly p-modes. Here, we discuss properties of g- and r-mode oscillations in rotating stars. Predicted frequency spectra of high-order g-mo…
Particle Acceleration at the Earth's Bow Shock
Burgess, David
Shocks can be viewed as sites where upstream bulk flow energy is converted into downstream thermal energy. Collisionless shocks have the further property that they are sites of particle acceleration, as some fraction of the flow energy is diverted to a small number of energetic particles. Shocks are thus important in many astrophysical and solar e…
Space Weather Effects on Technology
Valtonen, Eino
Space weather effects on technology are discussed. After a brief general overview of the consequences of space weather on various technologies and a summary of the space environment, the effects of plasmas and particle radiation on systems in space are considered in more detail. The processes responsible for spacecraft surface charging and interna…
Interplanetary Disturbances
Wimmer-Schweingruber, Robert F.
The Sun emits the variable solar wind which interacts with the very local interstellar medium to form the heliosphere. Hence variations in solar activity strongly influence interplanetary space, from the Suns surface out to the edge of the heliosphere. Superimposed on the solar wind are mass ejections from the Sun and/or its corona which disturb t…