Magnetic fields of Sun-like stars
Abstract
Magnetic fields play an important role at all stages of stellar evolution. In Sun-like stars, they are generated in the outer convective layers. Studying the large-scale magnetic fields of these stars enlightens our understanding of the field properties and gives us observational constraints for the field generation models. In this review, I summarise the current observational picture of the large-scale magnetic fields of Sun-like stars, in particular solar-twins and planet-host stars. I will discuss the observations of large-scale magnetic cycles, and compare these to the solar cycle.
- Publication:
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Magnetic Fields throughout Stellar Evolution
- Pub Date:
- August 2014
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1310.5562
- Bibcode:
- 2014IAUS..302..180F
- Keywords:
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- stars: magnetic fields;
- stars: activity;
- stars: individual;
- techniques: spectropolarimetry;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 10 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the IAUS302 "Magnetic fields throughout stellar evolution". arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1109.3982