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The physics of the Sun is fairly well understood [110]. We would understand it even better if we had a decent theory of convection, which turns out to be the main energy transport mechanism between the nuclear reactions at the center and the outside world [111]. Alas, we do not, the chapter shows what you can expect to record for yourself; and shows how such tools as spectroscopy and helioseismology teach us much of what we know.
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Clark, J. (2015). The Sun, Star of the Solar System. In: Viewing and Imaging the Solar System. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5179-2_8
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