The Sun as a Guide to Stellar Physics - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128143347 ISBN 13: 9780128143346

Publisher: Elsevier, 2018

Synopsis

The Sun as a Guide to Stellar Physics illustrates the significance of the Sun in understanding stars through anexamination of the discoveries and insights gained from solar physics research. Ranging from theories to modelingand from numerical simulations to instrumentation and data processing, the book provides an overview of whatwe currently understand and how the Sun can be a model for gaining further knowledge about stellar physics.Providing both updates on recent developments in solar physics and applications to stellar physics, this bookstrengthens the solar–stellar connection and summarizes what we know about the Sun for the stellar, space, andgeophysics communities.

• Applies observations, theoretical understanding, modeling capabilities and physical processes first revealed by the sun to the study of stellar physics
• Illustrates how studies of Proxima Solaris have led to progress in space science, stellar physics and related fields
• Uses characteristics of solar phenomena as a guide for understanding the physics of stars

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About the Authors

Oddbjørn Engvold is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Oslo. He specializes in solar physics, and was Secretary General of the International Astronomical Union from 2003 to 2006, of which he is still an active member. He has authored and edited four books on solar physics and astronomy and has published more than 115 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.

Jean-Claude Vial is a Researcher in the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale at the University of Paris-Sud. He is an active member of the International Astronomical Union and is Directeur de Recherche for CNRS. His research interests include solar prominences, the chromosphere, and the solar corona. He has published nearly 300 articles and book chapters.

Andrew Skumanich is a Researcher for the High Altitude Observatory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. His research interests include the solar photosphere and chromosphere and the thermodynamic and magnetic nature of the regions. He has published over 90 articles and book chapters.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0128143347
• ISBN 13: 9780128143346
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 522
• Editor: Engvold Oddbjørn, Vial Jean-Claude, Skumanich Andrew