Difference between revisions of "Structure of the Sun"
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Revision as of 16:41, 5 December 2008
Questions in this category have been asked by MT, PJ, DC, EB, SR
- Where are the convection & radiative zones?
- What causes the transition?
- How does opacity vary throughout the convective layer?
- What causes the opacity?
- How does the picture change for a 5 Solar Mass Star?
- What about at 0.2 Solar Mass Star? Why?
- Does the Sun rotate & how do we know?
- Where does it rotate fastest?
- Is it solid body rotation?
- How has this been confirmed experimentally?
- What is the energy produced for the reaction involving neutrino?
- What are the experiments to detect the neutrinos and the reactions involve.
- What are the line-broadening mechanisms and where do they occur?
- What is the surface temp. of the sun? What is the core temp?
- What is the level of variability of the sun? How does this compare to the variability of other stars?