Journey from the center of the sun / Jack B. Zirker.
"Jack Zirker takes us on an imaginary voyage from the center of the sun to its surface, showing us how sunlight is made and finally following the sun's energy to the far reaches of the solar system. Along the way, he introduces the basic processes at work in our nearest star and the exciti...
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2002]
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Getting started
- Ch. 2. The secret heart of the sun
- Ch. 3. The deep interior
- Ch. 4. Order and chaos : the convection zone
- Ch. 5. Looking inside from the outside
- Ch. 6. The hot atmosphere
- Ch. 7. The magnetic atmosphere
- Ch. 8. The middle kingdom : the chromosphere and transition zone
- Ch. 9. Active regions
- Ch. 10. Explosions on the sun
- Ch. 11. The corona and the wind
- Ch. 12. "Like a tea tray in the sky"
- Ch. 13. Solar and stellar cycles
- Ch. 14. The sun and climate
- Ch. 15. A few last words : where do we go from here?