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Lectures on Solar Physics

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 619)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
  2. Overview of Solar Physics

    • S. M. Chitre
    Pages 1-26
  3. Solar Interior and Seismology

    • H. M. Antia
    Pages 80-126
  4. The Active and Explosive Sun

    • A. Ambastha
    Pages 127-172
  5. Solar Magnetic Fields

    • P. Venkatakrishnan
    Pages 202-231
  6. The Physics of Chromospheres and Coronae

    • P. Ulmschneider
    Pages 232-280
  7. The Solar Corona

    • B. N. Dwivedi
    Pages 281-298
  8. The Solar Wind

    • P. K. Manoharan
    Pages 299-326
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 327-335

About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India

    H. M. Antia

  • Physical Research Laboratory, Udaipur Solar Observatory, Udaipur, India

    Arvind Bhatnagar

  • Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Univ. Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Peter Ulmschneider

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