The Structure of the Sun

A 1996 review of how the interior of the Sun can be studied using the powerful techniques of helioseismology and neutrino astronomy.

T. Roca Cortes (Edited by), Francisco Sanchez (Edited by)

9780521563079, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 August 1996

424 pages, 30 b/w illus. 1 map 7 tables
25.4 x 17.8 x 2.4 cm, 0.95 kg

The complex internal structure of the Sun can now be studied in detail through helioseismology and neutrino astronomy. The VI Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics was dedicated to examining these powerful new techniques. Based on this meeting, seven specially written chapters by world experts renowned for their teaching skills are presented in this 1996 volume. With a clear and pedagogical style we are shown how the internal composition (density, He abundance, etc.) and dynamical structure (rotation, sub-surface velocity fields, etc.) of the Sun can be deduced through helioseismology; and how the central temperature can be inferred from measurements of the flux of solar neutrinos. This volume provides an excellent introduction for graduate students and an up-to-date overview for researchers working on the Sun, neutrino astronomy and helio- and asteroseismology.

List of participants
Group photo
Preface
1. Techniques for observing solar oscillations Timothy Brown
2. Testing a solar model: the forward problem Jorgen Christensen-Dalsgaard
3. Testing solar models: the inverse problem Douglas Gough
4. Global changes in the sun Jeffrey Kuhn
5. Solar interior and solar neutrinos John Bahcall
6. The solar magnetic field Eugene Parker
7. Activity in the solar atmosphere as observed by YOHKOH Yutaka Uchida.

Subject Areas: Astrophysics [PHVB]