For broader coverage of this topic, see Stellar physics.
Not to be confused with Solar Physics (journal).
Solar physics is the branch of astrophysics that specializes in the study of the Sun. It intersects with many disciplines of pure physics and astrophysics.
Because the Sun is uniquely situated for close-range observing (other stars cannot be resolved with anything like the spatial or temporal resolution that the Sun can), there is a split between the related discipline of observational astrophysics (of distant stars) and observational solar physics.
The study of solar physics is also important as it provides a "physical laboratory" for the study of plasma physics.[1]
^Solar Physics, Marshall Space Flight Center. "Why we study the Sun". NASA. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
Solarphysics is the branch of astrophysics that specializes in the study of the Sun. It intersects with many disciplines of pure physics and astrophysics...
ejections, solar particle events, and other eruptive solar phenomena. The occurrence of solar flares varies with the 11-year solar cycle. Solar flares are...
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heliophysics, which is an interdisciplinary combination of solarphysics and planetary science. In the Solar System, the Sun can produce intense geomagnetic and...
In solarphysics and observation, granules are convection cells in the Sun's photosphere. They are caused by currents of plasma in the Sun's convective...
Space physics, also known as space plasma physics, is the study of naturally occurring plasmas within Earth's upper atmosphere and the rest of the Solar System...
The Bastille Day solar storm was a powerful solar storm on 14-16 July 2000 during the solar maximum of solar cycle 23. The storm began on the national...
rather than where they are." Among the subjects studied are the Sun (solarphysics), other stars, galaxies, extrasolar planets, the interstellar medium...
a copy of his 1958 scientific paper predicting important aspects of solarphysics. On 29 October 2018, at about 18:04 UTC, the spacecraft became the closest...
In solarphysics, a prominence, sometimes referred to as a filament, is a large plasma and magnetic field structure extending outward from the Sun's surface...
Variations in the Solar Differential Rotation", SolarPhysics, 212 (1): 23–49. St. John, C., 1918. "The Present Condition of the Problem of Solar Rotation",...
In solarphysics, a spicule, also known as a fibril or mottle, is a dynamic jet of plasma in the Sun's chromosphere about 300 km in diameter. They move...
then to the solarphysics branch head, Dr. Tousey. Earlier observations of coronal transients or even phenomena observed visually during solar eclipses are...
to be the laws of physics.[page needed] Major developments in this period include the replacement of the geocentric model of the Solar System with the heliocentric...
supplies. Solar variation List of solar cycles Kane, R.P. (2002). "Some Implications Using the Group Sunspot Number Reconstruction". SolarPhysics 205(2)...
interactions in the solar corona". SolarPhysics. 18 (2): 258. Bibcode:1971SoPh...18..258P. doi:10.1007/BF00145940. S2CID 120816610. "Solar System Exploration:...
Solar cycle 25 is the current solar cycle, the 25th since 1755, when extensive recording of solar sunspot activity began. It began in December 2019 with...
2023). "Waves in the lower solar atmosphere: the dawn of next-generation solar telescopes". Living Reviews in SolarPhysics. 20 (1). Springer Nature. arXiv:2212...
weather is a branch of space physics and aeronomy, or heliophysics, concerned with the varying conditions within the Solar System and its heliosphere....
the Solar Corona". SolarPhysics. 297 (3). arXiv:2201.00660. doi:10.1007/s11207-022-01958-x. Aschwanden, Markus J. (2005). Physics of the Solar Corona:...
from the center to about 0.2 of solar radius (139,000 km; 86,000 mi). It is the hottest part of the Sun and of the Solar System. It has a density of 150...
Solar phenomena are natural phenomena which occur within the atmosphere of the Sun. They take many forms, including solar wind, radio wave flux, solar...
and the noun "physics": the science of matter and energy and their interactions) is the physics of the Sun and its connection with the Solar System. NASA...
In solarphysics, a solar particle event (SPE), also known as a solar energetic particle event or solar radiation storm, is a solar phenomenon which occurs...
Solar radius is a unit of distance used to express the size of stars in astronomy relative to the Sun. The solar radius is usually defined as the radius...
Society. Citation: "For fundamental contributions to space physics, plasma physics, solarphysics and astrophysics for over 60 years." 2020: Crafoord Prize...
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