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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
