Physics of the Sun A First Course Pure and Applied Physics 1st Edition by Dermott J Mullan ISBN 1420083074 978-1420083071
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ISBN 10:1420083074
ISBN 13:978-1420083071
Author:Dermott J.Mullan
With an emphasis on numerical modeling, Physics of the Sun: A First Course presents a quantitative examination of the physical structure of the Sun and the conditions of its extended atmosphere. It gives step-by-step instructions for calculating the numerical values of various physical quantities.
The text covers a wide range of topics on the Sun and stellar astrophysics, including the structure of the Sun, solar radiation, the solar atmosphere, and Sun-space interactions. It explores how the physical conditions in the visible surface of the Sun are determined by the opacity of the material in the atmosphere. It also presents the empirical properties of convection in the Sun and discusses how the physical parameters increase with depth through the convection zone. The author shows how certain types of “real stars” are actually polytropes and offers a simplified version of oscillation equations to highlight the properties of p- and g-modes in the Sun. He also focuses on the initial temperature rise into the chromosphere, why the temperature in the quiet corona has the value it does, and how the physics of magnetic fields help us to understand various striking phenomena that are observed on the Sun.
This text enables a practical appreciation of the physical models of solar processes. Through the included numerical modeling problems, it encourages a firm grasp of the numerical values of actual physical parameters as a function of radial location in the Sun.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1 Global Parameters of the Sun
Chapter 2 Radiation Flow through the Solar Atmosphere
Chapter 3 Toward a Model of the Sun: Opacity
Chapter 4 Toward a Model of the Sun: Ionization
Chapter 5 Computing a Model of the Sun: The Photosphere
Chapter 6 Convection in the Sun: Empirical Properties
Chapter 7 Computing a Model of the Sun: The Convection Zone
Chapter 8 Radiative Transfer in the Deep Interior of the Sun
Chapter 9 Computing a Mechanical Model of the Sun: The Radiative Interior
Chapter 10 Polytropes
Chapter 11 Energy Generation in the Sun
Chapter 12 Neutrinos from the Sun
Chapter 13 Oscillations in the Sun: The Observations
Chapter 14 Oscillations in the Sun: Theory
Chapter 15 The Chromosphere
Chapter 16 Magnetic Fields in the Sun
Chapter 17 The Corona
Chapter 18 The Solar Wind
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