Lecture Notes in Physics

The Sun today.- Recent results from helioseismology.- The structure of the solar core.- New sub-barrier nuclear fusion cross sections as a possible solution to the solar neutrino problem.- Helioseismic evidence for mixing in the radiative interior.- Microscopic settling and turbulent diffusion induced by rotation in the sun.- Mean-field theory of the solar dynamo.- Hydrodynamical simulations of the solar dynamo.- The asymmetric behaviour of solar activity.- On the possibility of supergiant stable flows in the convection zone of the sun.- Stellar dynamos.- On magnetic fields, rossby numbers and dynamo action in late-type stars.- The magnetic field of the solar corona.- The control of the corona by the convective zone magnetic fields.- Line-tying in a gravitationally stratified atmosphere.- Magnetic fields surrounding coronal holes.- Coronal heating mechanisms.- Coronal heating via nanoflares.- Magnetic structures of the intermediate corona.- Oscillations in quiescent prominences.- Pressure diagnostics of coronal loops observed by NIXT.- Quiet sun from multifrequency radio observations on RATAN-600.- Frequency spectra of solar microwave bursts associated with coronal mass ejections.- Observations of high-energy (E?10 MeV) gamma-rays with the PHEBUS instrument.- Observational characteristics of explosive events.- Plasma physics of explosive phenomena.- A search for small solar flares with BATSE.- Solar flares and laboratory experiments.- Particle acceleration and radiation generation by nonlinear mode-mode coupling processes in the solar corona.- A fast mechanism for the acceleration of solar energetic particles in solar flares.- Acceleration and storage of energetic particles in the solar corona.- Electromagnetic signatures of particle acceleration and propagation.- Proton acceleration in long duration flares.- Signatures of proton beams in the Ly? profile: Sensitivity of the diagnostics.- Ground - based instrumentation.- Space instrumentation.- The Yohkoh mission: Instruments and recent results.- High resolution solar observations: Spectropolarimetry with THEMIS.- Conference summary.