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This chapter provides an over view of: (1) Processes in the solar core and corona; (2) The Sun’s place in the galaxy and universe and uniqueness of the Sun for life on earth; (3) The Sun’s role in Olber’s paradox (darkness of night sky) which gave the first clue about the finiteness of the universe, crucial for cosmology; (4) Discovery of Helium in the Sun and its importance for cosmology; (5) Heavy-element abundances in the Sun compared with stellar abundances; (6) Importance of the solar neutrino problem and its final resolution in the Sudbury detector; (7) The Sun’s role in the detection of Dark matter and the current status of axions, wimps etc.; (8) The future evolution of the Sun and its effect on Earth.
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Sivaram, C. (2010). The Sun in the Universe. In: Gopalswamy, N., Hasan, S., Ambastha, A. (eds) Heliophysical Processes. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11341-3_1
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