Contents
Part I - The Solar Interior
The Global Sun / J. C. Pecker
Nuclear Energy Generation in the Solar Interior / P. D. MacD. Parker and C. E. Rolfs
Solar Neutrino Experiments / R. Davis, Jr. and A. N. Cox
Theory of Neutrino Oscillations and the Sun / S. P. Rosen
Equation of State and Opacity / W. Dappen, J. Keady and F. Rogers
Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution / S. Sofia, S. Kawaler, R. Larson and M. Pinsonneault
The Computation of Standard Solar Models / R. K. Ulrich and A. N. Cox
Mixing in the Radiative Zone / E. Schatzman
Recent Development in Solar Convection Theory / K. L. Chan, A. Nordlund, M. Steffen, and R. F. Stein
The Solar Dynamo / E. E. DeLuca and P. A. Gilman
Element Separation by Atomic Diffusion / G. Michaud and S. Vauclair
Part II - What Surface Oscillations Reveal about the Inside
Oscillation Observations / F. Hill, F. -L. Deubner and G. Isaak
Theory of Solar Oscillations / J. Christensen-Dalsgaard and G. Berthomieu
The Solar Rotation / K. G. Libbrecht and C. A. Morrow
The Internal Rotation and Magnetism of the Sun from Its Oscillations / W. A. Dziembowski and P. R. Goode
The Inversion Problem / D. O. Gough and M. J. Thompson
Solar Gravity Modes / H. Hill, C. Frohlich, M. Gabriel and V. A. Kotov
Oscillation Mode Excitation / A. N. Cox, S. M. Chitre, S. Frandsen and P. Kumar
Part III - What Surface Radiation Reveals about the Inside
The Solar Spectrum / R. L. Kurucz
The Photosphere as a Radiative Boundary / L. S. Anderson and E. H. Avrett
High Spatial Resolution Techniques / O. von der Luhe
High-Resolution Observations of the Solar Granulation / K. P. Topka and A. M. Title
Large-Scale Velocity Fields / R. F. Howard, L. L. Kichatinov, R. S. Bogart and E. Ribes
Part IV - Expanding Magnetic Fields and the Atmosphere
The Solar Activity Cycle / D. M. Rabin, C. R. DeVore, N. R. Sheeley, Jr., K. L. Harvey and J. T. Hoeksema
Active Regions, Sunspots and their Magnetic Fields / M. Semel, Z. Mouradian, I. Soru-Escaut, P. Maltby, D. Rees, M. Makita and T. Sakurai
Filigree and Flux Tube Physics / H. C. Spruit, M. Schussler and S. K. Solanki
The Heating of the Solar Chromosphere / W. Kalkofen
Physics of the Infrared Spectrum / D. Deming, D. E. Jennings, J. Jefferies and C. Lindsey
Solar Flares / H. Zirin, A. MacKinnon and S. M. P. McKenna-Lawlor
Fine Structure of the Solar Transition Region: Observations and Interpretation / J. W. Cook and G. E. Brueckner
Model for the Relationship of Granulation and Supergranulation / V. Krishan
Coronal Activity / S. Koutchmy, J. B. Zirker, R. S. Steinolfson and J. D. Zhugzda
The Solar Wind and Its Coronal Origins / G. L. Withbroe, W. C. Feldman and H. S. Ahluwalia
Part V - Our Sun, Other Suns, Other Stars
Sun-As-A-Star Spectrum Variability / W. Livingston, R. F. Donnelly, V. Grigoryev, M. L. Demidov, J. Lean, M. Steffen, O. R. White and R. L. Wilson
What Can Other Stars Tell Us about the Sun? / R. W. Noyes, S. L. Baliunas and E. F. Fuinan
Post-Main-Sequence Solar Evolution / P. Demarque and D. B. Guenther
Part VI - Basic Data
Appendix A: Solar Element Abundances / N. Grevesse and E. Anders
Appendix B: Solar Interior Models / J. A. Guzik and Y. Lebreton
Appendic C: Solar p-Mode Frequencies / P. L. Palle
Glossary
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index