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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455021403321

Autore

Schrijver Carolus J.

Titolo

Solar and stellar magnetic activity / / C.J. Schrijver, C. Zwaan [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-107-11395-4

0-511-00960-7

1-280-41869-9

9786610418695

0-511-17248-6

0-511-15129-2

0-511-30204-5

0-511-54603-3

0-511-05399-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 384 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge astrophysics ; ; 34

Disciplina

523.7/2

Soggetti

Solar magnetic fields

Stars - Magnetic fields

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-373) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Stellar structure -- Solar differential rotation and meridional flow -- Solar magnetic structure -- Solar magnetic configurations -- Global properties of the solar magnetic field -- The solar dynamo -- The solar outer atmosphere -- Stellar outer atmospheres -- Mechanisms of atmospheric heating -- Activity and stellar properties -- Stellar magnetic phenomena -- Activity and rotation on evolutionary time scales -- Activity in binary stars -- Propositions on stellar dynamos.

Sommario/riassunto

This timely volume provides the first comprehensive review and synthesis of current understanding of magnetic fields in the Sun and similar stars. Magnetic activity results in a wealth of phenomena - including starspots, non-radiatively heated outer atmospheres, activity cycles, deceleration of rotation rates, and even, in close binaries, stellar cannibalism - all of which are covered clearly and authoritatively. This



book brings together for the first time recent results in solar studies and stellar studies. The result is an illuminating new view of stellar magnetic activity. Key topics include radiative transfer, convective simulations, dynamo theory, outer-atmospheric heating, stellar winds and angular momentum loss. Researchers are provided with a state-of-the-art review of this exciting field, and the pedagogical style and introductory material make the book an ideal and welcome introduction for graduate students.