B. Haisch et Jhmm. Schmitt, ADVANCES IN SOLAR-STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 108(720), 1996, pp. 113-129
Citations number
191
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
The discovery on stars of coronae and of X-ray emission from flares in
the 1970's opened up the investigation of stellar activity. Solar-ste
llar astrophysics has now become a two-way street. The rich detail of
the Sun provides a close-up view of physical phenomena, while the stel
lar observations provide a way to, in effect, vary the otherwise fixed
solar parameters. In this way we can study the evolution of the Sun,
the dependence of activity on rotation, and the degree of autonomy bet
ween magnetic fields and such fundamental parameters as mass and age.
We present an overview of the Sun as a star, stellar coronae along the
main sequence, the dividing line for evolved stars, rotation-activity
relations, activity cycles, flux-flux relations, basal acoustic heati
ng, evidence for coronal heating by microflaring, and a few facts abou
t flares.