Where can I find detailed information on the sun's structure?

On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, nj wrote:

> Can you direct me to information on the density of the sun in the
> convection and radiation
> zones and the fusion core.
> Nada

Hello,

There are some very detailed charts on the standard model of the sun in
John Bahcall's book _Neutrino Astrophysics_, esp. table 4.4, pp. 90-93.
The solar convection zone starts at R ~ 0.7*solar radius and continues
out to the surface.

The canonical reference on stellar structure is _Stellar Structure and
Evolution_ by Kippenhahn and Weigert, but it is not exactly easy reading.

Good luck, and let me know if you need more assistence.

Sincerely,
Kurtis Williams

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