Lectures on Solar Physics

1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-3-642-05686-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 619, 338 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Physics

theoriesofstellarstructure,evolutionandangularmomentumtransport. - bastha’sarticleon“TheActiveandExplosiveSun”givesanoverviewofhighly time-dependentphenomenainthephotosphere,chromosphereandcoronaofthe Sunandprovidessometheoreticalmodelsofthesolar?ares. Hasan’sarticle on“MagneticFluxTubesandActivityontheSun”discussesthegeneration, storageandemergenceofmagnetic?eldsintheformofsmall-scale?uxtubes andexaminestheirroleinheatingofthechromosphere. Ventakrishan’sar- cleon“SolarMagneticFields”givesatheoreticaloverviewofthegeneration VI Preface ofmagnetic?eldsbythedynamomechanism,thegeneralmagnetic?eldtop- ogyandhowthemagnetic?eldsaremeasured. Ulmschneider’scontributionon “ThePhysicsofChromospheresandCoronae”discusseswhyallstarslikethe Sunhavehotouterchromosphericandcoronallayers. Itidenti?estheheating mechanismsanddynamicalprocesseswhichtakeplacebothinthepresenceand absenceofmagnetic?elds. ThearticlebyDwivedion“TheSolarCorona”gives ageneraloverviewofthesolarcorona,howitisobservedandwhatthephy- calprocessesleadingtoitsformationare. FinallyManoharan’scontributionon “TheSolarWind”describesthegenerationandmeasurementofthesolarwind derivedfrominsituobservationsbyspacecraftandinterplanetaryscintillation studies. Wehopethatbyreadingtheselectures,interestedpeople,amateurs,graduate andpostgraduatestudentswillbemotivatedtotakeupsolarphysicsasanarea ofresearch,andshareourexcitementaboutthewondersofourneareststar– theSun. WearethankfultoT. PadmanabhanandtheInterUniversityCentrefor AstronomyandAstrophysics,PunefororganisingandhostingthisWorkshop onSolarPhysics. Mumbai,Udaipur,Heidelberg H. M. Antia February2003 A. Bhatnagar P. Ulmschneider ListofContributors AshokAmbastha S. S. Hasan Udaipur Solar Observatory Indian Institute of Astrophysics Physical Research Laboratory Bangalore560034,India P. O. Box No. 198 hasan@iiap. ernet. in Udaipur313001,India ambastha@prl. ernet. in P. K. Manoharan Radio Astronomy Centre H. M. Antia Tata Institute Tata Institute of Fundamental Research of Fundamental Research P. O. Box 8 Homi Bhabha Road Udhagamandalam (Ooty) 643001, Mumbai400005,India India antia@tifr. res. in mano@racooty. ernet. in ArvindBhatnagar Udaipur Solar Observatory P. Ulmschneider Physical Research Laboratory Institut fur ¨ Theoretische Astrophysik P. O. Box No. 198 Univ. Heidelberg Udaipur313001,India Tiergartenstr. 15 arvind@prl. ernet. in 69121Heidelberg,Germany ulm@ita. uni-heidelberg. de S. M. Chitre Department of Physics University of Mumbai P. Venkatakrishnan Mumbai400098,India Udaipur Solar Observatory kumarchitre@hotmail. com Physical Research Laboratory P. O. Box No. 198 BholaN. Dwivedi Udaipur313001,India Department of Applied Physics pvk@prl. ernet. in Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University Varanasi221005,India dwivedi@banaras. ernet. in TableofContents OverviewofSolarPhysics S. M. Chitre. 1 1 Introduction. 1 2 CompositionandStructureoftheSun. 3 2. 1 EquationsofStellarStructure. 4 2. 2 TheStandardSolarModel. 7 3 ProbesoftheSun’sInterior. 10 3. 1 SolarNeutrinoProblem.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Antia, H. M.

Ulmschneider, Peter

Bhatnagar, A.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Sonnensystem: Sonne und Planeten
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Weltraumforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Overview of Solar Physics.- Instrumentation and Observational Techniques in Solar Astronomy.- Solar Interior and Seismology.- The Active and Explosive Sun.- Magnetic Flux Tubes and Activity on the Sun.- Solar Magnetic Fields.- The Physics of Chromospheres and Coronae.- The Solar Corona.- The Solar Wind.