Lectures on Solar Physics

S. M. Chitre (auth.), H. M. Antia, Arvind Bhatnagar, Peter Ulmschneider (eds.)3540015280, 9783540015284

This volume has grown out of lectures addressing primarily graduate students and researchers working in related areas in both astrophysics and space sciences. All contributions are self-contained and do not require prior in-depth knowledge of solar physics. The result is a unique textbook that fulfills the needs of those wishing to have a pedagogic exposition of solar physics bringing them up-to-date in a field full of vitality and with exciting research.

Table of contents :
Overview of Solar Physics….Pages 1-26
Instrumentation and Observational Techniques in Solar Astronomy….Pages 27-79
Solar Interior and Seismology….Pages 80-126
The Active and Explosive Sun….Pages 127-172
Magnetic Flux Tubes and Activity on the Sun….Pages 173-201
Solar Magnetic Fields….Pages 202-231
The Physics of Chromospheres and Coronae….Pages 232-280
The Solar Corona….Pages 281-298
The Solar Wind….Pages 299-326