Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 The Sun among the stars
- 2 Sunspots and starspots: a historical introduction
- 3 Overall structure of a sunspot
- 4 Fine structure of the umbra
- 5 Fine structure of the penumbra
- 6 Oscillations in sunspots
- 7 Sunspots and active regions
- 8 Magnetic activity in stars
- 9 Starspots
- 10 Solar and stellar activity cycles
- 11 Solar and stellar dynamos
- 12 Solar activity, space weather and climate change
- 13 The way ahead
- Appendix 1 Observing techniques for sunspots
- Appendix 2 Essentials of magnetohydrodynamic theory
- References
- Index
Appendix 2 - Essentials of magnetohydrodynamic theory
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 The Sun among the stars
- 2 Sunspots and starspots: a historical introduction
- 3 Overall structure of a sunspot
- 4 Fine structure of the umbra
- 5 Fine structure of the penumbra
- 6 Oscillations in sunspots
- 7 Sunspots and active regions
- 8 Magnetic activity in stars
- 9 Starspots
- 10 Solar and stellar activity cycles
- 11 Solar and stellar dynamos
- 12 Solar activity, space weather and climate change
- 13 The way ahead
- Appendix 1 Observing techniques for sunspots
- Appendix 2 Essentials of magnetohydrodynamic theory
- References
- Index
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- Sunspots and Starspots , pp. 238 - 245Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008