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Solar and stellar magnetic activity /
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 rota...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Colección: | Cambridge astrophysics series ;
34. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 inclu. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 384 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-373) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511009607 9780511009600 0511038755 9780511038754 9780521582865 0521582865 9786610418695 6610418691 1107113954 9781107113954 1280418699 9781280418693 0511172486 9780511172489 0511151292 9780511151293 0511302045 9780511302046 0511546033 9780511546037 0511053991 9780511053993 0521739861 9780521739863 |