Magnetic fields and activity of the sun and stars - An overviewRecent work on the observation and theory of solar and stellar magnetic field activity and its relation to stellar activity is reviewed, emphasizing those aspects relevant to the problem of activity of red dwarf stars. New observational facts relevant to understanding the root cause of stellar surface activity are summarized and theoretical questions concerning the underlying physical basis for the observed correlations between stellar activity, rotation, and magnetic fields are addressed. These include dyanamo theory and the rotation-activity connection as well as flux tube dynamics and plasma heating.
Document ID
19830066259
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Rosner, R. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1983
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Meeting Information
Meeting: Activity in red-dwarf stars; Seventy-first Colloquium