Magnetic History of the Sun
Abstract
This review gives a brief overview of the major magnetic effects and behavior that characterized and influenced aspects of the gross history of the sun. The chapter surveys the behavior of magnetic fields in the sun from the early effect of the interstellar field on protosolar collapse through to the modern solar magnetic cycle. Emphasis is given to the evolution of the sun's magnetic field, its memory of the past magnetic states, and its loss of memory, as these depend on physical episodes, conditions and phenomena during the sun's development.
- Publication:
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The Sun in Time
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991suti.conf..589L
- Keywords:
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- Solar Magnetic Field;
- Solar System Evolution;
- Stellar Evolution;
- Solar Cycles;
- Star Formation;
- Solar Physics