Solar Composition and Its Evolution -- From Core to Corona: Proceedings of an Issi Workshop 26-30 January 1998, Bern, Switzerland

by Claus Fröhlich

Book Overview

The discovery of chemical elements in celestial bodies and the first estimates of the chemical composition of the solar atmosphere were early results of Astrophysics - the subdiscipline of Astronomy that was originally concerned with the general laws of radiation and with spectroscopy. Following the initial quantitative abundance studies by Henry Norris Russell and by Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, a tremendous amount of theoretical, observa- tional, laboratory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401060223
• ISBN13: 9789401060226
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 431 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"