The Sun I.

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The Sun I

The Sun as a model for stars and astrophysics in general

Close-up of a G2 Main Sequence Star

The Solar Interior…the prime application of the equations of stellar structure

Density in the solar interior

Temperature in the Solar Interior

The “Faint Young Sun Paradox”

Tests of Stellar Interior Models Mass, luminosity, temperature of Sun and stars Solar neutrinos Helioseismology (and asteroseismology)

Helioseismology: Eigenmodes of the Sun

Solar Neutrino Experiments

Layers of the Solar Atmosphere Photosphere Chromosphere Corona

Granules in the Solar Atmosphere

The Solar Spectrum and the Photospheric Opacity Mechanism