The Sun

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The updated textbook incorporates significant advancements in solar physics since its 1989 edition, featuring nine revised chapters with an additional 100 pages and numerous new illustrations. Key topics include element diffusion in the solar interior, recent neutrino experiments, and innovative observational techniques for spectroscopy and polarimetry. It also highlights breakthroughs in helioseismology and numerical simulations, leveraging findings from recent space missions to enhance understanding of the Sun, from its core to the corona and solar wind.