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Solar physics  

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Basic definitions and assumptions, basic physical facts about the Sun. Internal structure of the Sun, energy production, energy transfer by radiation and convection. The solar neutrinos problem. Helioseismology. Solar atmosphere. Photospheric radiation, radiative transfer in the photosphere, Fraunhofer spectral lines, photospheric structures. Chromosphere. Transition region and corona, optically thin radiation, solar flares, coronal mass ejections. Solar activity and its cycle, solar wind, solar-terrestrial connection, space weather. Magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere, measurements of the magnetic field strength, Stokes parameters. Solar dynamics, differential rotation and its description. Outcome: Gain knowledge about the physics of the Sun and the physical processes of energy formation and transfer.

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Presential
English

Name

Solar physics
English

UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE

Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation

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