The Structure of the Sun

by T. Roca Cortes (Editor), Francisco Sanchez (Editor)

Overview

In this timely volume, the editors present eight specially-written chapters by experts renowned for their teaching skills. The chapters show how astronomers can deduce the internal composition (density, helium abundance, etc.) and dynamical structure (rotation, sub-surface velocity fields, etc.) of the Sun through helioseismology, and how researchers can infer the central temperature from measurements of the flux of solar neutrinos.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521563079
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/28/1996
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.94(d)

Table of Contents

List of participants; Group photo; Preface; 1. Techniques for observing solar oscillations Timothy Brown; 2. Testing a solar model: the forward problem Jorgen Christensen-Dalsgaard; 3. Testing solar models: the inverse problem Douglas Gough; 4. Global changes in the sun Jeffrey Kuhn; 5. Solar interior and solar neutrinos John Bahcall; 6. The solar magnetic field Eugene Parker; 7. Activity in the solar atmosphere as observed by YOHKOH Yutaka Uchida.