The Structure and Evolution of the Sun

This book equips the reader with a coherent understanding of the structure of the Sun and its evolution and provides all the knowledge required to construct a simplified model of the Sun. The early chapters cover key aspects of basic physics and describe the Sun’s size, mass, luminosity, and tempera...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Severino, Giuseppe
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
Series:Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Some physics for everyone
  • Chapter 2. Introduction to the Sun
  • Chapter 3. The photosphere
  • Chapter 4. The convection zone
  • Chapter 5. The radiation
  • Chapter 6. The core
  • Chapter 7. Helioseismology
  • Chapter 8. Recapitulation
  • Chapter 9. Evolution
  • Appendix. Some mathematics for everyone
  • References