New Eyes to See Inside the Sun and Stars: Pushing the Limits of Helio- and Asteroseismology with new Observations from the Ground and from Space Proceedings of the 185th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Kyoto, Japan, / Edition 1

by Franz-Ludwig Deubner, Jïrgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Don Kurtz

Overview

The cover picture of this volume displays one of the most advanced products of he­ lioseismic research: a view into the deep interior of the sun, revealing its distinctly non-uniform rotation throughout the entire depth of the convection zone. Just over 20 years ago, the first successful helioseismic experiment disclosed an increase of ro­ tation velocity in the uppermost one dozen megameters below the photosphere. The stunning progress in depth and detail highlighted by the cover diagram (and by others shown in this volume as well) was made possible by considerable advances in instru­ mentation, by the development of powerful analytical tools and, foremost, by the involvement of new brains of enthusiastic proselytes and newcomers to the field, increasing nearly exponentially in number every year. New branches of research widened the scope of "uranoseismology", as e. g. time-distance seismology (the promising av­ enue towards small-scale and short-time variability), atmospheric seismology (a new look at strange phenomena we have all ways seen, but hardly understood), and finally the growing observational assault on hundreds of individual stars which are either manifestly or supposedly oscillating -i. e. asteroseismology. The formation of numer­ ous solar and stellar observing networks and, ultimately, space missions like SOHO have greatly promoted the potential of this science. This steady progress was accompanied by workshops, colloquia, and symposia in quick succession.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792350750
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	05/31/1998
Series:	International Astronomical Union Symposia , #185
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

I. Global Structure and Evolution of the Solar and Stellar Interior.- II. Solar Convection and Variation of Irradiance.- III. Large-Scale Structure of the Sun.- IV. Solar Small-Scale Structure.- V. Asteroseismology I.- VI. Asteroseismology II.- VII. The Solar Atmosphere.

Editorial Reviews

The invited reviews are intended to be accessible to people who know little or nothing about the techniques or what they reveal about the internal structure and dynamics of stars, including our Sun; most of the some 120 offerings however are contributed short posters, so neophytes are on their own. The sections cover the global structure and evolution of the solar and stellar interiors, solar convection and variation in irradiance, the large-scale and small-scale structure of the Sun, astroseismology, and the solar atmosphere. Among the topics of invited papers are reducing helioseismic data, inversion methods, local properties of the Sun's seismic events, the seismology of the ZZ Ceti stars, new observations of pulsations of OB stars, and the new chromosphere. A synthesis and summary of the meeting concludes the collection. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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