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Autore |
Vita-Finzi Claudio |
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Titolo |
Solar History [[electronic resource] ] : An Introduction / / by Claudio Vita-Finzi |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-63371-X |
9786613946164 |
94-007-4295-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2013.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (95 p.) |
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Collana |
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SpringerBriefs in Astronomy, , 2191-9100 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Astronomy |
Astrophysics |
Atmospheric sciences |
Geophysics |
Planetology |
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology |
Atmospheric Sciences |
Geophysics and Environmental Physics |
Sun Evolution |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Origins.- 3. The young Sun.- 4. Isotopes and ice cores -- 5. Cosmogenic radiocarbon -- 6. The solar cycle.- 7. Solar rotation -- 8. Contemporary history -- 9. The Lessons of History -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Beyond the four centuries of sunspot observation and the five decades during which artificial satellites have monitored the Sun – that is to say for 99.99999% of the Sun’s existence – our knowledge of solar history depends largely on analogy with kindred main sequence stars, on the outcome of various kinds of modelling, and on indirect measures of solar activity. They include the analysis of lunar rocks and meteorites for evidence of solar flares and other components of the solar cosmic-ray (SCR) flux, and the measurement of cosmogenic isotopes in wood, |
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