An introduction to stellar magnetic activity /

---

"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to the magnetic sun -- 2. Photospheres -- 2.1. Physical structures in photospheres -- 2.2. Starspot light curves -- 2.3. Doppler and transit imaging of starspots -- 2.4. Spectroscopic signatures of starspots3. Chromospheres -- 3.1. Physical structures in chromospheres -- 3.2. Chromospheric resonance lines -- 3.3. H[alpha] and other diagnostics -- 3.4. Semi-empirical chromospheric models4. Transition regions and coronae -- 4.1. Uv, fuv, euv spectra -- 4.2. Coronae -- 4.3. Flares -- 4.4. Stellar winds5. The evolution of stellar activity -- 5.1. Historical introduction -- 5.2. Rotation-activity relations -- 5.3. Age-activity relations and gyrochronology6. Stellar magnetic fields -- 6.1. Magnetic dynamos -- 6.2. Direct measurement of magnetic fields7. Stellar magnetism in other contexts -- 7.1. The bottom of the main sequence (and below) -- 7.2. Pre-main sequence stars -- 7.3. Post-main sequence stars -- 7.4. Hot main sequence stars -- 7.5. Effects of stellar activity on exoplanets.This book provides an introduction to our current knowledge of stellar magnetic activity. It is intended for graduate or advanced undergraduate students or researchers new to the field. Starting with the Sun, it extends to stars of all masses and ages. Topics include the production and measurement of the fields themselves, their effects on the stellar atmospheres, the diagnostics we use to understand them, and the effects of the magnetic activity on the star and its surrounds over time.Advanced undergraduates/graduate students.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Gibor Basri earned a BSc in Physics from Stanford University in 1973, and a PhD in Astrophysics from the Univ. of Colorado, Boulder in 1979. His thesis was on ultraviolet observations and semi-empirical models of the chromospheres of the Sun and stars. An award of a Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship then brought him to the Univ. of California, Berkeley. He joined the faculty of the UC Berkeley Astronomy Dept. in 1982.Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 18, 2022).

---

Availability

No copy data

Detail Information

Series Title

-

Call Number

-

Publisher

: .,

Collation

1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780750321327

Classification

523.82

Content Type

-

Media Type

-

Carrier Type

-

Edition

-

Subject(s)

Stars
Galaxies & stars.
AAS: Stars and Stellar Physics.

Specific Detail Info

-

Statement of Responsibility

Gibor Basri.

Other version/related

File Attachment

Comments

---

You must be logged in to post a comment