Stars in magnetic grand minima: where are they and what are they like?
Abstract
We explore various ideas of what a star in a Maunder-like magnetic minimum would look like, and ways of finding stars in such a state, and make some estimates of their physical and magnetic activity properties. We discuss new X-ray observations of a small selection of candidates for being in magnetic grand minima. These are then compared with the Sun and other low activity stars.
- Publication:
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Comparative Magnetic Minima: Characterizing Quiet Times in the Sun and Stars
- Pub Date:
- July 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921312005066
- Bibcode:
- 2012IAUS..286..335S
- Keywords:
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- stars: magnetic fields;
- stars: late-type;
- stars: evolution;
- stars: activity;
- Sun: magnetic fields;
- Sun: activity