Key Words

The term preceded by an asterisk (*) is discussed in Box 16-1.

22-year solar cycle

neutrino oscillation

chromosphere

photosphere

CNO cycle

plage

conduction

plasma

convection

*positron

convective zone

prominence

corona

proton-proton chain

coronal hole

radiative diffusion

coronal mass ejection

radiative zone

differential rotation

solar flare

filament

solar neutrino

granulation

solar neutrino problem

granule

solar wind

helioseismology

space weather

hydrogen fusion

spicule

hydrostatic equilibrium

sunspot

limb darkening

sunspot cycle

luminosity (of the Sun)

sunspot maximum

magnetic-dynamo model

sunspot minimum

magnetic reconnection

supergranule

magnetogram

thermal equilibrium

negative hydrogen ion

thermonuclear fusion

neutrino

Zeeman effect