2., revised Edition - February 2004
125.- Euro
2004. XIV, 466 Pages, Hardcover
199 Fig., 13 Tab. 
- Textbook -
ISBN-10: 3-527-40374-4
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-40374-5 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin








Short description
This revised edition of Solar Astrophysics describes our current knowledge of the sun. In contrast to other books on this topic, the choice of material deals evenhandedly 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 way of careful use of relatively simple physical concepts.

From the contents
Development of the ideas and instruments of modern solar research
Radiative transfer in the sun's atmosphere
Solar spectroscopy
Dynamics of solar plasmas
The photosphere
The sun's internal structure and energy generation
Rotation, convection, and oscillations in the sun
Observations of photospheric activity and magnetism
The chromosphere and corona
Prominences and flares
Dynamics of the solar magnetic field
The solar wind and heliosphere
The sun, our variable star