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The Controversial Sun
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
The sun serves as an important test case for a variety of problems related to stellar structure and evolution as well as fundamental physics. The sun also influences the terrestrial environment through its varied outputs. These two aspects of the solar interior combine to generate a surprising level of controversy for such an inherently simple star. I review three topics each of which is the subject of some degree of controversy: 1) the solar neutrino problem, 2) the status of modeling and observational efforts to understand the solar cycle of activity and 3) observational efforts to detect and identify solar g–modes.
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- I. Setting the stage: Sun, Stars Galaxies and the Universe
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