Physics of the sun [electronic resource] : a first course / Dermott J. Mullan.
Material type: TextSeries: CRC series in pure and applied physicsPublication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2010.Description: xxi, 360 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)ISBN:- 9781420083088 (ebook : PDF)
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"A Chapman & Hall book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Global parameters of the sun -- 2. Radiation flow through the solar atmosphere -- 3. Toward a model of the sun : opacity -- 4. Toward a model of the sun : ionization -- 5. Computing a model of the sun : the photosphere -- 6. Convection in the sun : empirical properties -- 7. Computing a model of the sun : the convection zone -- 8. Radiative transfer in the deep interior of the sun -- 9. Computing a mechanical model of the sun : the radiative interior -- 10. Polytropes -- 11. Energy generation in the sun -- 12. Neutrinos from the sun -- 13. Oscillations in the sun : the observations -- 14. Oscillations in the sun : theory -- 15. The chromosphere -- 16. Magnetic fields in the sun -- 17. The corona -- 18. The solar wind.
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