Proceedings of the Third UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year 2007 and Basic Space Science (eBook)

Preface.- Non-Gaussian distribution under scrutiny.- Some remarks on the paper 'On the q-type distributions'.- Canonical formulation of fractional kinetics.- Out-of-equilibrium statistical mechanics in a Hamiltonian system with mean-field interaction.- An alternative method for solving a certain class of fractional kinetic equations.- Extended reaction rate integrals as solutions of some general differential equations.- Solutions of the fractional reaction equation and the fractional diffusion equation.- Astrophysical applications of fractional calculus.- Generalized Mittag-Leffler distributions and processes with applications in astrophysics and time series modeling.- Solar wind speed theory and the nonextensivity of solar corona.- Dynamics in the solar core.- How the literature is used : A view through citation and usage statistics of the ADS.- Photometric and spectroscopic studies of BW Eri.- Near infrared excess energy in binary system V367 Cygni.- Period study and secondary maximum of KZ Hya.- Current and future capabilities of the 74-inch telescope of Kottamia Astronomical Observatory in Egypt.