Solar History An Introduction
Beyond the four centuries of sunspot observation and the five decades during which artificial satellites have monitored the Sun – that is to say for 99.99999% of the Sun’s existence – our knowledge of solar history depends largely on analogy with kindred main sequence stars, on the outcome of variou...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2013, 2013
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013 |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Astronomy
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Origins.- 3. The young Sun.- 4. Isotopes and ice cores
- 5. Cosmogenic radiocarbon
- 6. The solar cycle.- 7. Solar rotation
- 8. Contemporary history
- 9. The Lessons of History
- Index