Solar and Stellar Magnetic Activity
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- C. J. Schrijver, Stanford University, California
- C. Zwaan, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Date Published: October 2008
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521739863
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Magnetic activity in the sun and similar stars results in a wealth of phenomena--including starspots, nonradiatively heated outer atmospheres, activity cycles, deceleration of rotation rates, and even, in close binaries, stellar cannibalism. This volume uniquely combines studies of the sun with those of other stars to provide a comprehensive picture of stellar magnetic activity. Coverage brings together recent results in solar and stellar studies to provide an illuminating, new view of the subject. 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. Graduate students in astrophysics and plasma physics will find the volume an ideal introduction to the subject. The book will also interest researchers studying the connection of solar Sctivity with the Earth's climate change, such as geologists, planetary scientists and atmospheric scientists.
Read more- The first comprehensive review and synthesis of current understanding of magnetic fields in the Sun and similar stars
- Uniquely combines studies of the Sun with those of other stars to arrive at a comprehensive picture of stellar magnetic activity
- No specialized knowledge of solar or stellar physics is required, just a background in physics, since all the necessary background material in astrophysics is provided
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"The strength of the book lies in the clear overview it provides of activity both on the Sun and on other stars, from an observer's viewpoint.... [H]ighly recommended." /s Physics Today
See more reviews"a spendid book that reviews our current understading of many key topics in solar and stellar activity." Physics Today
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- Date Published: October 2008
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521739863
- length: 404 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 170 x 21 mm
- weight: 0.64kg
- contains: 108 b/w illus. 18 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: solar features and terminology
2. Stellar structure
3. Solar rotation and meridional flow
4. Solar magnetic structure
5. Solar magnetic configurations
6. Global properties of the solar magnetic field
7. The solar dynamo
8. The solar outer atmosphere
9. Stellar outer atmospheres
10. Mechanisms of outer-atmospheric heating
11. Activity and stellar properties
12. Stellar magnetic phenomena
13. Activity and rotation on evolutionary time scales
14. Activity in binary stars
15. Propositions on stellar dynamos
Appendix I: unit conversions
Index.
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