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""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 have experience in both theory and observation and some in instrumentation in this field. 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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Author:   J.T. Schmelz ,  Richard Brown
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1992 ed.
Volume:   373
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.350kg
ISBN:  

9780792318118

ISBN 10:   0792318110
Pages:   617
Publication Date:   31 July 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Opening Address.- I Solar Interior.- 2 The Structure and Evolution of the Sun.- 3 Seismic Investigation of the Solar Interior.- 4 Convection.- 5 Mean Field Dynamo Theory.- 6 The MHD Description of Cosmic Plasmas.- 7 Symmetric and Nonsymmetric MHD Equilibria.- II Solar and Stellar Atmospheres.- 8 The Photosphere.- 9 Small-Scale Photospheric Magnetic Fields.- 10 Sunspots: A Laboratory for Solar Physics.- 11 Chromospheric Structure.- 12 Spectroscopic Diagnostics.- 13 The Solar Corona.- 14 Solar Radio Observations.- 15 Stellar Chromospheres, Coronae, and Winds.- 16 Exact 2-D MHD Solutions for Astrophysical Outflows.- III Solar Instrumentation.- 17 Solar Optical Instrumentation.- 18 Solar Ultraviolet Instrumentation.- 19 Solar Radio Instrumentation.- 20 Soft X-Ray Instrumentation.- 21 X-Ray Instrumentation.- IV Solar and Stellar Activity.- 22 Solar Activity.- 23 Overview of Solar Flares.- 24 High-Energy Flare Emissions.- 25 Energy Release and Transport in Flare Plasmas.- 26 Stellar Flares: Observations and Modelling.- 27 Physics of Flares in Stars and Accretion Disks.

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