The sun as a high energy/high density liquid metalic hydrogen plasma

Summary form only given. Modern solar theory dictates that the Sun should be viewed as a fully compressible gaseous plasma. Consequently, the solar equations of state closely approximate the ideal gas. At the same time, the Sun emits a spectrum which has long been regarded as characteristic of blackbody radiation. Recently, an analysis of the laws of thermal emission reveal that it is improper to treat the Sun as a blackbody. Furthermore, it has been argued that a gaseous Sun lacks the physical mechanism to produce a thermal spectrum. The presence of a thermal spectrum depends on the existence of a lattice structure in the emitting object. As a result, the photosphere must be treated as condensed matter. Unfortunately, it is counter-intuitive that an object at extreme temperatures can possess lattice structure. Nonetheless, given the evidence for condensed matter, the solar constitutive element (primarily H) must form a lattice. The presence of powerful solar magnetic fields and gravitational forces make liquid metallic hydrogen a distinct possibility for the condensed state of the photosphere. In this case, the hydrogen nuclei can be viewed as arranged in an array forming an essentially incompressible solar lattice. The hydrogen electrons are contained within the metallic conduction bands. The inter-nuclear distance is being maintained by the need to keep the quantum conditions such that metallic conduction bands can be produced. Hydrogen contains no inner shell electrons. All the electrons are completely delocalized within the metallic conduction bands. As such, hydrogen in this state is not only a liquid metal (reminiscent of liquid sodium) but can also be viewed as a liquid metallic plasma