The Sun: A Laboratory for Astrophysics
By: edited by Joan T. Schmelz, John C. Brown
Contributors: Brown, John C.
Series: NATO ASI Series, Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences -- 373; NATO ASI Series, Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences -- 373
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 617
ISBN-13: 9789401052276; 9789401127653
Subjects: Nuclear physics; Physics
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Crieff, Scotland, June 16-29, 1991
Description: The Sun: A Laboratory for Astrophysics presents an educational overview of many aspects of solar physics, in an astrophysical context, following two decades of major strides in solar studies from spacecraft and pioneering studies of the Sun as a star. The authors were chosen for the breadth of their interests, most having experience in both theory and observation, and many in instrumentation. The first third of the book addresses the global physics of the Sun and its relation to other stars, covering energy generation, interior structure models, convection, magnetic field generation, as well as constraints obtained from surface observations, both seismic and magnetic. The second portion comprises a mixture of theory and diagnostics of the solar atmosphere and of instrumentation for observations from radio wavelengths to high energies. The final third concerns solar activity and flares, their relation to stellar activity, and their importance for the activities of humankind.
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