Dynamic Sun

A comprehensive overview of the Sun for graduate students and researchers.

B. N. Dwivedi (Edited by), E. N. Parker (Foreword by)

9780521038089, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 July 2007

464 pages, 153 b/w illus. 17 tables
24.3 x 16.7 x 2.5 cm, 0.723 kg

'A book of this nature is long overdue; the coverage is comprehensive and, thanks to the authors selected, is of high quality … I enjoyed reading this collection and will continue to use it. Postgraduate students and professional solar plasma physicists will find this book indispensable.' Astronomy & Geophysics

Dynamic Sun presents a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the Sun, from its deep core to the outer corona, and the solar wind. Each chapter is written by leading scientists in solar physics. Chapters deal with solar models and neutrinos, seismic Sun, rotation of the solar interior, helioseismic tomography, solar dynamo, spectro-polarimetry, solar photosphere and convection, dynamics and heating of the solar chromosphere, solar transition region, solar MHD, solar activity, particle acceleration, radio observations of explosive energy releases on the Sun, coronal seismology, coronal heating, VUV solar plasma diagnostics and the solar wind. Solar observing facilities are presented in the last chapter. With an introduction by eminent astrophysicist Eugene Parker, the twenty chapters of this book are all fully illustrated and have comprehensive reference lists. The book covers all major topics in solar physics, and is suitable for graduate students and researchers in solar physics, astrophysics and astronomy.

Foreword E. N. Parker
1. Dynamic Sun: an introduction B. N. Dwivedi
2. Solar models: structure, neutrinos and helioseismological properties J. N. Bahcall, S. Basu and M. H. Pinsonneault
3. Seismic Sun S. M. Chitre and H. M. Antia
4. Rotation of the solar interior J. Christensen-Dalsgaard and M. J. Thompson
5. Helioseismic tomography A. G. Kosovichev
6. The solar dynamo as a model of the solar cycle A. R. Choudhuri
7. Spectro-polarimetry J. O. Stenflo
8. Solar photosphere and convection Å. Nordlund
9. The dynamics of the quiet solar chromosphere W. Kalkofen, S. S. Hasan and P. Ulmschneider
10. Heating of the solar chromosphere P. Ulmschneider and W. Kalkofen
11. The solar transition region O. Kjeldseth-Moe
12. Solar magnetohydrodynamics E. R. Priest
13. Solar activity Z. Švestka
14. Particle acceleration A. G. Emslie and J. A. Miller
15. Radio observations of explosive energy releases on the Sun M. R. Kundu and S. M. White
16. Coronal oscillations V. M. Nakariakov
17. Probing the Sun's hot corona K. J. H. Phillips and B. N. Dwivedi
18. Vacuum-ultraviolet emission line diagnostics for solar plasmas B. N. Dwivedi, A. Mohan and K. Wilhelm
19. Solar wind E. Marsch, W. I. Axford and J. F. McKenzie
20. Solar observing facilities B. Fleck and C. U. Keller
Index.

Subject Areas: Solar system: the Sun & planets [PGS]