Solar and Stellar Magnetic Activity

by C.J. Schrijver and C. Zwaan

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521739861
• ISBN13: 9780521739863
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"