Solar-type activity in main-sequence stars
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Solar-type activity in main-sequence stars
（Astronomy and astrophysics library）
Springer Science+Business Media, [201-], c2005
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"Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2005"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-487) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The first comprehensive monograph on this active and productive field of research investigates solar-type activity amongst the large spectrum of low- and middle-mass main sequence stars, and presents the subject in a systematic and comprehensive fashion.
Table of Contents
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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