Solar Phenomena in Stars and Stellar Systems

1. Front Matter

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2. General Overview

   1. The Sun as a Star: Solar Phenomena and Stellar Applications

      • Robert W. Noyes

      Pages 1-31

   2. The Spontaneous Concentration of Magnetic Field in the Photosphere of the Sun

      • E. N. Parker

      Pages 33-58

3. Interiors

   1. Internal Structure of the Sun and Stars

      • Ian W. Roxburgh

      Pages 59-74

   2. Solar and Stellar Oscillations

      • Eric Fossat

      Pages 75-98

4. Chromospheres/Coronae and Convective Phenomena

   1. Evidence for Chromospheres and Coronae in Stars: Recent Observations, Some Unanswered Theoretical Questions, and a Speculative Scenario

      • Jeffrey L. Linsky

      Pages 99-122

   2. Convection Zones in Sun and Stars

      • Jean-Paul Zahn

      Pages 123-136

   3. Results from the Central Hyades Survey

      • R. A. Stern, J. H. Underwood, M. C. Zolcinski, S. K. Antiochos

      Pages 137-144

   4. Compressible Convection in a Rotating Spherical Shell

      • Gary A. Glatzmaier, Peter A. Gilman

      Pages 145-172

   5. Energy Balance in Solar and Stellar Chromospheres

      • Eugene H. Avrett

      Pages 173-198

   6. Energy Balance in Solar and Stellar Coronae

      • C. Jordan, A. Brown

      Pages 199-225

   7. Numerical Studies of the Energy Balance in Coronal Loops

      • J. H. Underwood, S. K. Antiochos, J. F. Vesecky

      Pages 227-233

   8. Energy, Balance, and Armagnac

      • Randolph H. Levine

      Pages 235-237

   9. Theories of Heating of Solar and Stellar Chromospheres

      • P. Ulmschneider

      Pages 239-263

   10. Mechanical Flux in the Solar Chromosphere

       • P. Mein

       Pages 265-268

   11. Magnetic Heating in the Sun

       • Claudio Chiuderi

       Pages 269-288

   12. Magnetohydrodynamics of Thin Flux Tubes

       • H. C. Spruit

       Pages 289-300

   13. Coronal Holes and Solar Mass Loss

       • Jack B. Zirker

       Pages 301-318

   14. The Solar Wind: Macroscopic Features and Microscopic Problems

       • Steven J. Schwartz

       Pages 319-330

   15. Observations and Theory of Mass Loss in Late-Type Stars

       • L. Hartmann

       Pages 331-347

This book represents the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute which was held at Bonas from August 25 till Sep­ tember 5, 1980 and was devoted to the study of "Solar Phenomena in Stars and Stellar Systems". It is intended for a broad audi­ ence. Students and post-doctoral scientists for example can dis­ cover new aspects of astrophysics. The general spirit of the ASI was aimed at presenting a unified aspect of astrophysical phenomena which can be studied intensively on the Sun although they are of a much more general nature. On the other hand, spe­ cialists in solar or stellar physics will find here the latest theoretical developments and/or the most recent observations made in their own field of research. An extensive bibliography will be found throughout the various sections, to which the reader may refer, for more detailed developments in various specific areas. In the past, stellar and solar astrophysics have more or less followed their own independent tracks. However, with the rapid development of modern techniques, in particular artificial satellites like the International Ultraviolet Explorer and the Einstein Observatory, which provide a new wealth of data, it appears that chromospheres, coronae, magnetic fields, mass loss and stellar winds, etc . . . . , are found not only in the Sun but occur also in other stars. Frequently these other stars represent quite different conditions of gravity, lumino~ity, and other parameters from those occurring in the Sun.

• Chromosphere
• Corona
• Photosphere
• Planet
• Solar
• Solar flare
• Solar wind
• Sun

• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Verrieres-le-Buisson, France

  Roger M. Bonnet

• Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA

  Andrea K. Dupree

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