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Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Chapter 10 Our Star

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing A Closer Look at the Sun Our goals for learning: Why does the Sun shine? What is the Sun’s structure?

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Why does the Sun shine?

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Is it on FIRE?

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Is it on FIRE? Luminosity ~ 10,000 years Chemical Energy Content

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Is it on FIRE? … NO! Luminosity ~ 10,000 years Chemical Energy Content

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Is it CONTRACTING?

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Luminosity Gravitational Potential Energy Is it CONTRACTING? ~ 25 million years

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Luminosity Gravitational Potential Energy Is it CONTRACTING? … NO! ~ 25 million years

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. It is powered by NUCLEAR ENERGY! Luminosity ~ 10 billion years Nuclear Potential Energy (core) E = mc 2 —Einstein, 1905

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Weight of upper layers compresses lower layers

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Gravitational equilibrium: Energy provided by fusion maintains the pressure.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Gravitational contraction… provided energy that heated the core as the Sun was forming. Contraction stopped when fusion began replacing the energy radiated into space.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. What is the Sun’s structure?

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Radius: 6.9  10 8 m (109 times Earth) Mass: 2  kg (300,000 Earths) Luminosity: 3.8  watts

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Solar wind: A flow of charged particles (electrons, protons, some helium nuclei) from the surface of the Sun Creates Aurora

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Corona: Outermost layer of solar atmosphere ~1 million K Seen in X-rays Shows emission lines + faint continuous spectrum

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Chromosphere: Middle layer of solar atmosphere ~ 10 4 –10 5 K Seen in UV Light Shows emission lines Features: Prominences, Flares,

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Photosphere: Visible surface of Sun ~ 6,000 K Seen in Visible Light Shows Absorption lines Sunspots! Cut-away Section of the Sun

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Convection zone: Beneath Photosphere Creates granules we see Energy transported upward by rising hot gas

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Radiation zone: Energy transported upward by Gamma Ray & X-ray photons Determine extent based on computer models

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Core: Energy generated by nuclear fusion ~ 15 million K Generates gamma rays Inner 10% of sun

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Why does the Sun shine? —Chemical and gravitational energy sources could not explain how the Sun could sustain its luminosity for more than about 25 million years. —The Sun shines because gravitational equilibrium keeps its core hot and dense enough to release energy through nuclear fusion.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. What is the Sun’s structure? —From inside out, the layers are: Core Radiation zone Convection zone Photosphere Chromosphere Corona These we can’t see – we model with computer simulations These we CAN see – and measure with X-ray, UV, and visible-light telescopes in orbit & on Earth

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing Nuclear Fusion in the Sun Our goals for learning: How does nuclear fusion occur in the Sun? How does the energy from fusion get out of the Sun? How do we know what is happening inside the Sun?

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. How does nuclear fusion occur in the Sun? Fusion is the UNITING of light atomic nuclei into heavier nuclei, releasing binding energy in the form of gamma ray radiation and other particles

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Fission Big nucleus splits into smaller pieces (Nuclear power plants) Fusion Small nuclei stick together to make a bigger one (Sun, stars)

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. High temperatures enable nuclear fusion to happen in the core.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Sun releases energy by fusing four hydrogen nuclei into one helium nucleus.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Proton–proton chain is how hydrogen fuses into helium in Sun

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. IN 4 protons OUT 4 He nucleus 2 gamma rays 2 positrons 2 neutrinos Total mass is 0.7% lower.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Thought Question What would happen inside the Sun if a slight rise in core temperature led to a rapid rise in fusion energy? A. The core would expand and heat up slightly. B. The core would expand and cool. C. The Sun would blow up like a hydrogen bomb.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Thought Question What would happen inside the Sun if a slight rise in core temperature led to a rapid rise in fusion energy? A. The core would expand and heat up slightly. B. The core would expand and cool. C. The Sun would blow up like a hydrogen bomb. Solar thermostat keeps burning rate steady

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Solar Thermostat Decline in core temperature causes fusion rate to drop, so core contracts and heats up Rise in core temperature causes fusion rate to rise, so core expands and cools down Structure of the Sun

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. How does the energy from fusion get out of the Sun?

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Energy gradually leaks out of the radiation zone in the form of randomly bouncing photons.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Convection (rising hot gas) takes energy to the surface.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Bright blobs on photosphere where hot gas reaches the surface

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. How do we know what is happening inside the Sun?

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. We learn about the inside of the Sun by … making mathematical models. observing solar vibrations. observing solar neutrinos.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Patterns of vibration on the surface tell us about what the Sun is like inside.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Data on solar vibrations agree with mathematical models of solar interior.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Neutrinos created during fusion fly directly through the Sun. Observations of these solar neutrinos can tell us what’s happening in the core.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Solar neutrino problem: Early searches for solar neutrinos failed to find the predicted number.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Solar neutrino problem: Early searches for solar neutrinos failed to find the predicted number. More recent observations find the right number of neutrinos, but some have changed form.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. What have we learned? How does nuclear fusion occur in the Sun? —The core’s extreme temperature and density are “just right” for the nuclear fusion of hydrogen to helium through the proton–proton chain. —Gravitational equilibrium acts as a thermostat to regulate the core temperature because the fusion rate is very sensitive to temperature.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. What have we learned? How does the energy from fusion get out of the Sun? —Randomly bouncing photons carry it through the radiation zone. —The rising of hot plasma carries energy through the convection zone to the photosphere. How do we know what is happening inside the Sun? —Mathematical models agree with observations of solar vibrations and solar neutrinos.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing The Sun–Earth Connection Our goals for learning: What causes solar activity? How does solar activity affect humans? How does solar activity vary with time?

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. What causes solar activity?

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Solar activity is like “weather” Sunspots Solar flares Solar prominences All are related to magnetic fields.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Sunspots… Are cooler than other parts of the Sun’s surface (4,000 K) Are regions with strong magnetic fields

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Zeeman Effect We can measure magnetic fields in sunspots by observing the splitting of spectral lines

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Charged particles spiral along magnetic field lines.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Loops of bright gas often connect sunspot pairs.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Magnetic activity causes solar flares that send bursts of X-rays and charged particles into space.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Magnetic activity also causes solar prominences that erupt high above the Sun’s surface.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. The corona appears bright in X-ray photos in places where magnetic fields trap hot gas.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. How does solar activity affect humans?

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Coronal mass ejections send bursts of energetic charged particles out through the solar system.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. Charged particles streaming from the Sun can disrupt electrical power grids and disable communications satellites.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. How does solar activity vary with time?

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. The number of sunspots rises and falls in 11-year cycles.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. The sunspot cycle has something to do with the winding and twisting of the Sun’s magnetic field.

Scott Hildreth – Chabot College – Adapted from Essential Cosmic Perspective 4 th ed. Copyright 2007 by Pearson Publishing. What have we learned? What causes solar activity? —The stretching and twisting of magnetic field lines near the Sun’s surface causes solar activity. How does solar activity affect humans? —Bursts of charged particles from the Sun can disrupt communications, satellites, and electrical power generation. How does solar activity vary with time? —Activity rises and falls in 11-year cycles.