Solar-Type Activity in Main-Sequence Stars

Solar-type activity over the whole range of the electromagnetic spectrum is a phenomenon inherent in the majority of low- and moderate-mass main sequence stars. In this monograph observational results are summarized in a systematic and comprehensive fashion. The analysis of the various manifestation...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gershberg, Roald E. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
Colección:Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
Temas:
Astrophysics.
Astronomy-Observations.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Flare Stars in a Quiescent State: General Characteristics of Flare Stars
  • Photospheres
  • Chromospheres and Transition Regions
  • Coronae and Stellar Winds
  • Heating Mechanisms for Stellar Atmospheres
  • Flares: General Description of Stellar Flares
  • Temporal Characteristics of Flares
  • Flare Energy
  • Dynamics and Radiation Mechanisms of Flares
  • Models of Stellar Flares
  • Long-Term Variations in Activity of Flare Stars: Activity Cycles
  • Evolutionary Changes
  • Conclusion: Activity and Subphotospheric Magnetic Fields
  • Activity and Magnetism of Stellar Atmospheres
  • References.

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