内容

目次

1. Introduction; 2. Historical survey; 3. The structure of the Sun andthe phenomena of activity; 4. The equations of magnetohydrodynamics andmagnetostatics; 5. The one-dimensional configuration of the cycle; 6.Heuristic models of the solar cycle; 7. Stellar activity and activitycycles; 8. The two-dimensional representation of the extended activitycycle; 9. The origin of the large-scale fields; 10. The reversals ofthe polar magnetic fields; 11. The role of dynamo theory in cyclicactivity; 12. Helioseismology and the solar cycle; 13. Chaos and thecycle; 14. Forecasting the cycle; 15. Summary and conclusion.