The Sun Today (eBook)

Claudio Vita-Finzi was born in Sydney, Australia, and educated in Argentina and the UK (BSc, PhD, ScD were all obtained at Cambridge University). He taught Geology and Planetary Science at University College London before moving to the Natural History Museum where he has been Scientific Associate in the Department of Earth Sciences working on solar fluctuations since 2001. He was awarded the Warren Prize of the US Academy of Sciences in 1994 and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1997 and the British Academy in 2012. His books include The Mediterranean Valleys (1969), Recent Earth History (1973), Archaeological Sites (1978), Recent Earth Movements (1986), Monitoring the Earth (2002), Planetary Geology (2005), The Sun: A User's Manual (2008), Solar History (2012), and A History of the Solar System (2016), the last three published by Springer.

Preface

1. A commonplace star 

A G2V starSun-like stars

Observing the Sun

2.An inconstant star

The solar constant

Spectral effects

3.Solar compositionThe photosphereAbundancesMeteoritesThe solar bodySolar volumeSolar diameterWaves and vibrations5. The solar furnaceThe nuclear coreCoronal heating6. Solar magnetismThe heliosphereThe Global FieldMagnetic structures on the solar surfaceImpact on the Earth7. Sun and weatherGalactic cosmic raysUVHeliohydrologyIndex