The quiet sun. The solar wind.
Please read the following in Carroll & Ostlie.
| 9.2 | Stellar Opacity |
| Optical Depth — General Sources of Opacity | |
| 9.3 | Radiative Transfer |
| Photon Emission Processes — The Random Walk — Limb Darkening — The Radiation Pressure Gradient | |
| 11.2 | The Solar Atmosphere |
| The Photosphere — Solar Granulation — Differential Rotation — The Chromosphere — The Transition Region — The Corona | |
Problem Set #9: Due 29 November 2012.
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Joshua E. Barnes
(barnes at ifa.hawaii.edu)
Updated:
16 November 2012
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~barnes/ast241_f12/sa.html |
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