The Sun as a Guide to Stellar Physics

The Sun: A Guide to Stellar Physics illustrates the significance of the Sun in understanding stars through an examination of the discoveries and insights gained from solar physics research. Ranging from theories, to modeling and numerical simulations, to instrumentation and data processing, the book provides an overview of what we currently understand and how the Sun can be a model for gaining further insight in stellar physics.

Providing both updates on recent developments in solar physics and applications to stellar physics, The Sun: A Guide to Stellar Physics strengthens the solar-stellar connection and provides a summary of what we know about the Sun for the stellar, space, and geophysics communities.

Applies observations, theoretical understanding, modeling capabilities and physical processes first revealed by the Sun to the study of stellar physicsIllustrates how studies of "proxima solaris" have led to progress in space science, stellar physics, and other related fieldsUses characteristics of solar phenomena as a guide for understanding the physics of stars

1. A) Discoveries and Concepts: The Sun's Role in Astrophysics   Jack B. Zirker and Oddbjørn Engvold 2. B) Stellar & Solar Chromospheres and Attendant Phenomena   Thomas Ayres 3. C) The Sun's Atmosphere   Alexander I. Shapiro, Hardi Peter, and Sami K. Solanki 4. D) Helioseismic Inferences on the Internal  Structure and Dynamics of the Sun   Sarbani Basu and William J. Chaplin 5. E) Atmospheric Structure, Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Magnetism 5.1 Spectroscopy and Atomic Physics   Philip Judge 5.2 Models of Solar and Stellar Atmospheres   Petr Heinzel 5.3 Spectropolarimetry, Magnetic Structures & Their Evolution   Kiyoshi Ichimoto 6. F) Coronal Magnetism as a Universal Phenomenon   BC Low 7. G) MHD and Solar Dynamo Action   Eric Priest 8. H) Solar and Stellar Variability   Marianne Faurobert 9. I) High-Energy Solar Physics   Hugh Hudson and Alexander MacKinnon 10. J) Space Weather at Earth and in Our Solar System   Noé Lugaz 11. K) Solar-Stellar Connection   Gibor Basri 12. L) Instrumentation 12.1 Observations of the Sun from Space   Alan Title 12.2 High-Resolution Ground-Based Observations of the Sun   Oddbjørn Engvold and Jack Zirker 13. M) Solar Data and Simulations   Neal Hurlburt 14. N) Challenges and Prospects for the Future   Jean-Claude Vial and Andrew Skumanich