The Sun : a Guide to Stellar Physics.

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The Sun as a Guide to Stellar Physics
The Sun as a Guide to Stellar Physics
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Contents
List of Contributors
Preface
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Discoveries and Concepts: The Sun's Role in Astrophysics
1. THE SOLAR CONSTANT
2. THE SUN'S CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
2.1 SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS
2.2 MODELING OF THE SUN'S ATMOSPHERE
2.3 SETTLING OF LIGHT ELEMENTS
3. INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND HELIOSEISMOLOGY
3.1 DETECTION OF OSCILLATORY PATTERN
3.2 INTERPRETATION OF SOLAR OSCILLATIONS
4. THE MAGNETIC SUN AND ITS VARIABILITY
4.1 SOLAR CYCLE
4.2 MAGNETIC FIELDS 4.3 INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND LOCATION OF THE MAGNETIC DYNAMO5. THE SOLAR CORONA AND WIND
5.1 THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CORONA
5.2 THE SHAPE OF THE CORONA
5.3 THE SOLAR WIND
6. EARTH-SUN CONNECTION
6.1 AURORA AND GEOMAGNETIC STORMS
6.2 THE CARRINGTON EVENT
6.3 SOLAR FLARES, X-RAYS AND ENERGETIC PARTICLES
6.4 RECONNECTION OF MAGNETIC FIELDS
6.5 CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS
7. TESTING TWO CONCEPTS
7.1 NEUTRINO OSCILLATIONS IN THE SUN
7.2 TESTING GENERAL RELATIVITY
8. CONCLUDING REMARKS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES
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Stellar and Solar Chromospheres and Attendant Phenomena
1. INTRODUCTION 2. WHY CHROMOSPHERES EXIST2.1 STELLAR CONVECTION ZONES
2.2 THE SOLAR CHROMOSPHERE
2.3 STELLAR CHROMOSPHERES
2.4 WHY ARE CHROMOSPHERES SO THICK?
2.5 THE WILSON-BAPPU EFFECT
3. THE ROTATION-AGE-ACTIVITY CONNECTION
3.1 BACKGROUND
3.2 POST-SKUMANICH LAW INSIGHTS INTO THE ROTATION-AGE-ACTIVITY CONNECTION
3.3 THEORY BEHIND THE SKUMANICH LAW
4. STELLAR ACTIVITY CYCLES
REFERENCES
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The Sun's Atmosphere
1. INTRODUCTION
2. OBSERVATIONS OF THE SOLAR ATMOSPHERE
3. THE SOLAR SPECTRUM
4. PHYSICS OF THE PHOTOSPHERE/CHROMOSPHERE
4.1 ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS
4.2 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS 5. PHYSICS OF THE CHROMOSPHERE/CORONA5.1 CORONAL EMISSION AND MAGNETIC STRUCTURE
5.2 BASIC CONSIDERATIONS OF THE ENERGETICS
5.3 HEATING PROCESSES AND MODERN MODELS
5.4 CONNECTION TO THE LOW ATMOSPHERE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES
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Helioseismic Inferences on the Internal Structure and Dynamics of the Sun
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
2.1 EQUATIONS GOVERNING SOLAR OSCILLATIONS
2.2 PROPERTIES OF SOLAR OSCILLATIONS
2.3 RELATING FREQUENCY CHANGES TO CHANGES IN STRUCTURE
2.4 EFFECTS OF ROTATION
2.5 INVERSIONS
3. INFERENCES ABOUT SOLAR STRUCTURE
3.1 BASIC RESULTS 3.2 BASE OF THE SOLAR CONVECTION ZONE3.3 THE QUESTION OF DIFFUSION
3.4 CONVECTION ZONE HELIUM ABUNDANCE
3.5 THE ISSUE OF SOLAR COMPOSITION
4. INFERENCES ON SOLAR DYNAMICS
4.1 PROPERTIES OF THE TACHOCLINE
5. HELIOSEISMIC INFERENCES ON THE SOLAR CYCLE
5.1 CHANGES TO GLOBAL-MODE FREQUENCIES AND MODE PARAMETERS
5.2 ZONAL FLOWS
5.3 MERIDIONAL FLOWS
5.4 THE 1.3-YEAR PERIODICITIES NEAR THE TACHOCLINE
5.5 CHANGES IN EVEN-ORDER A COEFFICIENTS
6. SEISMIC STUDIES OF OTHER STARS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES
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Atmospheric structure, Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Magnetism 5.1 --
Spectroscopy and Atomic Physics