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Magnetic fields are responsible for much of the variability and structuring in the universe, but only on the Sun can the basic magnetic field related processes be explored in detail. While several excellent textbooks have established a diagnostic foundation for exploring the physics of unmagnetized stellar atmospheres through spectral analysis, no corresponding treatise for magnetized stellar atmospheres has been available. The present monograph fills this gap. The theoretical foundation for the diagnostics of stellar magnetism is developed from first principles in a comprehensive way, both within the frameworks of classical physics and quantum field theory, together with a presentation of the various solar applications. This textbook can serve as an introduction to solar and stellar magnetism for astronomers and physicists at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level and will also become a resource book for more senior scientists with a general interest in cosmic magnetic fields.
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Front Matter
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Book Title: Solar Magnetic Fields
Book Subtitle: Polarized Radiation Diagnostics
Authors: Jan Olof Stenflo
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8246-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1994
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2793-6Published: 31 March 1994
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4387-0Published: 09 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8246-9Published: 09 March 2013
Series ISSN: 0067-0057
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 385
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra