Solar-Type Activity in Main-Sequence Stars

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Gershberg, Roald E. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Σειρά: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.