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Robitaille P.M. Stellar Opacity: The Achilles' Heel of the Gaseous Sun. Progr. Phys. 2011 v. 3 93-99.
Eddington A.S. The Internal Constitution of the Stars. Cambridge University Press Cambridge U.K. 1926.
Stefan J. Über die beziehung zwischen der warmestrahlung und der temperature. Sitzungsberichte der mathematischnatur wissenschaftlichen classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 1879 V. 79, 391–428.
Kirchhoff G. Über das Verhältnis zwischen dem Emissionsvermögen und dem Absorptionsvermögen. der Körper für Wärme und Licht. Poggendorfs Annalen der Physik und Chemie 1860 v. 109 275–301.
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Pierre-Marie Robitaille, Ph.D., is a professor of radiology at The Ohio State University. He also holds an appointment in the Chemical Physics Program. In 1998, he led the design and assembly of the world’s first Ultra High Field MRI System. This brought on the need to question fundamental aspects of thermal physics, including ideas related to Kirchhoff’s Law of thermal emission, and more. These presentations are not endorsed by The Ohio State University.
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This channel is educational in nature.
Astronomy links of interest:
Space Weather: spaceweathernews.com
NASA Image and Video Search: images.nasa.gov
NASA Hubble Satellite: hubblesite.org
NASA Helioviewer: helioviewer.org
NASA ADS Scientific Article Search Page: adsabs.harvard.edu/bib_abs.html
National Solar Observatory: nso.edu/
SOHO Satellite: soho.nascom.nasa.gov
SDO Satellite: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data
IRIS Satellite: nasa.gov/mission_pages/iris/index.html
Hinode, JAXA/NASA: nasa.gov/mission_pages/hinode/index.html
Daniel K. Inoue Solar Telescope: dkist.nso.edu/
National Solar Observatory GONG: gong.nso.edu/
1 meter Swedish Solar Telescope: www.isf.astro.su.se/
All observational images and videos are credited to NASA unless otherwise specified. Images obtained by the SDO satellite are a courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams. Images obtained by the SOHO satellite are courtesy of SOHO (ESA & NASA).
Link to Professor Robitaille’s papers on Vixra:
vixra.org/author/pierre-marie_robitaille
Outro Music:
Foria: Break Away
soundcloud.com/foria
youtube.com/watch?v=UkUweq5FAcE
Robitaille P.M. Stellar Opacity: The Achilles' Heel of the Gaseous Sun. Progr. Phys. 2011 v. 3 93-99.
Eddington A.S. The Internal Constitution of the Stars. Cambridge University Press Cambridge U.K. 1926.
Stefan J. Über die beziehung zwischen der warmestrahlung und der temperature. Sitzungsberichte der mathematischnatur wissenschaftlichen classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 1879 V. 79, 391–428.
Kirchhoff G. Über das Verhältnis zwischen dem Emissionsvermögen und dem Absorptionsvermögen. der Körper für Wärme und Licht. Poggendorfs Annalen der Physik und Chemie 1860 v. 109 275–301.
Video of the internal subsurface convection in the sun svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003400/a003496/SolarDynamoFlows_1280x720.mov
Thank you for viewing this video on Sky Scholar! This channel is dedicated to new ideas about the nature of the sun, the stars, thermodynamics, and the microwave background. We will discuss all things astronomy, physics, chemistry, and imaging related! We hope that the combination of facts and special effects will aid in learning even the toughest concepts in astronomy. If you enjoyed this video, please subscribe. Sky Scholar will be releasing at least one video per week to make sure you don’t run out of content!
Pierre-Marie Robitaille, Ph.D., is a professor of radiology at The Ohio State University. He also holds an appointment in the Chemical Physics Program. In 1998, he led the design and assembly of the world’s first Ultra High Field MRI System. This brought on the need to question fundamental aspects of thermal physics, including ideas related to Kirchhoff’s Law of thermal emission, and more. These presentations are not endorsed by The Ohio State University.
Figures not to scale and used for visualization purposes only.
This channel is educational in nature.
Astronomy links of interest:
Space Weather: spaceweathernews.com
NASA Image and Video Search: images.nasa.gov
NASA Hubble Satellite: hubblesite.org
NASA Helioviewer: helioviewer.org
NASA ADS Scientific Article Search Page: adsabs.harvard.edu/bib_abs.html
National Solar Observatory: nso.edu/
SOHO Satellite: soho.nascom.nasa.gov
SDO Satellite: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data
IRIS Satellite: nasa.gov/mission_pages/iris/index.html
Hinode, JAXA/NASA: nasa.gov/mission_pages/hinode/index.html
Daniel K. Inoue Solar Telescope: dkist.nso.edu/
National Solar Observatory GONG: gong.nso.edu/
1 meter Swedish Solar Telescope: www.isf.astro.su.se/
All observational images and videos are credited to NASA unless otherwise specified. Images obtained by the SDO satellite are a courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams. Images obtained by the SOHO satellite are courtesy of SOHO (ESA & NASA).
Link to Professor Robitaille’s papers on Vixra:
vixra.org/author/pierre-marie_robitaille
Outro Music:
Foria: Break Away
soundcloud.com/foria
youtube.com/watch?v=UkUweq5FAcE




![Seismology & Surface Tension - on the Sun!
Real Physics Talk, Munich, Germany, 2019: Pierre-Marie Robitaille
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH9h6eXyMcQ
What Elements are in the Sun?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GqQWExwrtE
The Life Cycle of the Stars | Pierre-Marie Robitaille [OTF2017]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDn_0hwLsKM&list=FLxq7mZOdQ7LrQt3LDK2SG9Q&index=175
Dr. P.M. Robitaille | OTF2019 | Revelations Through MRI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO5vIUcnKlI
P.-M. Robitaille, On the Presence of a Distinct Solar Surface: A Reply to Hervé Faye, Progr. Phys., 2011, 3, 75-78.
http://www.ptep-online.com/2011/PP-26-08.PDF
P.M. Robitaille, Forty Lines of Evidence for Condensed Matter - The Sun on Trial: Liquid Metallic Hydrogen as a Solar Building Block, Progr. Phys. 2013, 90-142. http://www.ptep-online.com/2013/PP-35-16.PDF
P.M. Robitaille, On the validity of Kirchhoffs law of thermal emission,
IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 2003, 31(6), 1263-1267.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1265348
P.-M. Robitaille, Stellar Opacity: The Achilles’ Heel of the Gaseous Sun, Progr. Phys., 2011, 3, 93-99.
http://www.ptep-online.com/2011/PP-26-11.PDF
P.-M. Robitaille, Liquid Metallic Hydrogen: A Building Block for the Liquid Sun, Progr. Phys., 2011, 3, 60-74.
http://www.ptep-online.com/2011/PP-26-07.PDF
E.W. Maunder, Are the Planets Inhabited? Harper and Brothers, London, 1913, p. 28. http://shorturl.at/tuZ09
Sky Scholar Videos discussing the solar surface:
1. Does the sun have a surface? Transverse waves, Helioseismology, CMEs, X-Rays and Flares!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erql613GO_k
2. Does the Sun have a surface? Solar tornadoes, Radius, Oblateness, and Differential Rotation!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faywryDTmTE
3. Does the Sun have a Surface? The Chromosphere and Spicules!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBt8FIbngt8
Sky Scholar Videos discussing the solar spectrum:
1. The Solar Spectrum Explained!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO3NIGa7mT0
2. The Solar Spectrum in the Standard Solar Model!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_MHRuBJE6Q
3. What is the Sun Made Of? Evidence from the Solar Spectrum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fynuCLQp1TE
A.G. Kosovichev and V.V. Zharkova, X-ray flare sparks quake inside Sun,
Nature 1998, v. 393, 317–318.
https://www.nature.com/articles/30629
A.G. Kosovichev and V.V. Zharkova, Seismic response to solar flares: Theoretical predictions, Proc. 4th SOHO Workshop, Helioseismology, ESA SP-376, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 1995.
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1995ESASP.376b.341K
Solar flare leaves Sun quaking, ESA Information Note N°18-98
https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/newsroom/oldesapr/info18.html
A.G. Kosovichev, Properties of flare-generated seismic waves on the Sun.
Solar Physics 2006, v. 238, 1–11.
https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0601006
NASA Cosmos (hosted by Tufts University)
https://ase.tufts.edu/cosmos/print_images.asp?id=25
The Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (SST): Institute for Solar Physics
https://www.su.se/isf/the-telescope
Thank you for viewing this video on Sky Scholar! This channel is dedicated to new ideas about the nature of the sun, the stars, thermodynamics, and the microwave background. We will discuss all things astronomy, physics, chemistry, and imaging related! We hope that the combination of facts and special effects will aid in learning even the toughest concepts in astronomy. If you enjoyed this video, please subscribe.
Pierre-Marie Robitaille, Ph.D., was a professor of Radiology at The Ohio State University from 1989-2019, and also held an appointment in the Chemical Physics Program. In 1998, he led the design and assembly of the world’s first Ultra High Field MRI System. Readings from this equipment brought into question fundamental aspects of modern thermal physics, such as Kirchhoff’s Law of thermal emission.
Figures not to scale and used for visualization purposes only.
This channel is educational in nature.
Astronomy links of interest:
Space Weather: http://spaceweathernews.com/
NASA Image and Video Search: images.nasa.gov/
NASA Hubble Satellite: hubblesite.org/
NASA Helioviewer: helioviewer.org/
NASA ADS Scientific Article Search Page: adsabs.harvard.edu/bib_abs.html
National Solar Observatory: nso.edu/
SOHO Satellite: soho.nascom.nasa.gov/
SDO Satellite: sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/
IRIS Satellite: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ir...
Hinode, JAXA/NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hi...
Daniel K. Inoue Solar Telescope: dkist.nso.edu/
National Solar Observatory GONG: gong.nso.edu/
1 meter Swedish Solar Telescope: www.isf.astro.su.se/
All observational images and videos are credited to NASA unless otherwise specified. Images obtained by the SDO satellite are a courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams. Images obtained by the SOHO satellite are courtesy of SOHO (ESA & NASA).
Link to Professor Robitaille’s papers on Vixra:
http://vixra.org/author/pierre-marie_...
Outro Music:
Foria: Break Away
https://soundcloud.com/foria Seismology & Surface Tension - on the Sun!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mUsN-_65fqg/mqdefault.jpg)





