Solar Astrophysics - Hardcover

Foukal, Peter V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471839353 ISBN 13: 9780471839354

Publisher: Wiley-VCH, 1990

Synopsis

Comprises an up-to-date description of the astrophysical characteristics of the sun, including modern techniques used in solar research. Provides an historical background of solar research and techniques and covers the necessary astrophysics for solar studies, energy generation in the interior, the convection zone, the non-thermally heated layers. Solar wind are described in detail. Also considers the sun in relation to other stars, including information on its variable outputs of light, charged particles and fields. Features extensive references and numerous problems.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This revised edition describes our current understanding of the sun. It includes a comprehensive account of the history of solar astrophysics, along with an overview of the key instruments throughout the various periods. In contrast to other books on this subject, the choice of material deals even-handedly with the entire scope of important topics covered in solar research. The author makes the advances in our understanding of the sun accessible to students and non-specialists by careful use of relatively simple physical concepts. An incisive, reliable, and well-structured look at all that is fascinating and new in studies of the sun.

About the Author:

Peter V. Foukal is the Founder and past-President of Cambridge Research and Instrumentation, Inc. He holds a BSc.in Physics from McGill University and a PhD in Astrophysics from Manchester University, UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0471839353
• ISBN 13: 9780471839354
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 496