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Tables of Contents for Solar and Stellar Magnetic Activity
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xiii
Introduction: solar features and terminology
1
9
Stellar structure
10
63
Global stellar structure
10
4
Convective envelopes: classical concepts
14
5
Radiative transfer and diagnostics
19
19
Stellar classification and evolution
38
7
Convection in stellar envelopes
45
15
Acoustic waves in stars
60
5
Basal radiative losses
65
5
Atmospheric structure not affected by magnetic fields
70
3
Solar differential rotation and meridional flow
73
9
Surface rotation and torsional patterns
74
3
Meridional and other large-scale flows
77
2
Rotation with depth
79
3
Solar magnetic structure
82
33
Magnetohydrodynamics in convective envelopes
83
9
Concentrations of strong magnetic field
92
6
Magnetohydrostatic models
98
7
Emergence of magnetic field and convective collapse
105
3
Omega loops and toroidal flux bundles
108
2
Weak field and the magnetic dichotomy
110
5
Solar magnetic configurations
115
23
Active regions
115
11
The sequence of magnetoconvective configurations
126
1
Flux positioning and dynamics on small scales
126
6
The plage state
132
5
Heat transfer and magnetic concentrations
137
1
Global properties of the solar magnetic field
138
35
The solar activity cycle
138
5
Large-scale patterns in flux emergence
143
12
Distribution of surface magnetic field
155
12
Removal of magnetic flux from the photosphere
167
6
The solar dynamo
173
13
Mean-field dynamo theory
174
4
Conceptual models of the solar cycle
178
4
Small-scale magnetic fields
182
2
Dynamos in deep convective envelopes
184
2
The solar outer atmosphere
186
52
Topology of the solar outer atmosphere
186
11
The filament-prominence configuration
197
2
Transients
199
10
Radiative and magnetic flux densities
209
8
Chromospheric modeling
217
3
Solar coronal structure
220
7
Coronal holes
227
2
The chromosphere-corona transition region
229
2
The solar wind and the magnetic brake
231
7
Stellar outer atmospheres
238
28
Historical sketch of the study of stellar activity
238
1
Stellar magnetic fields
238
4
The Mt. Wilson Ca II HK project
242
4
Relationships between stellar activity diagnostics
246
6
The power-law nature of stellar flux-flux relationships
252
6
Stellar coronal structure
258
8
Mechanisms of atmospheric heating
266
11
Activity and stellar properties
277
26
Activity throughout the H-R diagram
277
4
Measures of atmospheric activity
281
2
Dynamo, rotation rate, and stellar parameters
283
8
Activity in stars with shallow convective envelopes
291
3
Activity in very cool main-sequence stars
294
2
Magnetic activity in T Tauri objects
296
3
Long-term variability of stellar activity
299
4
Stellar magnetic phenomena
303
21
Outer-atmospheric imaging
303
2
Stellar plages, starspots, and prominences
305
5
The extent of stellar coronae
310
2
Stellar flares
312
2
Direct evidence for stellar winds
314
4
Large-scale patterns in surface activity
318
1
Stellar differential rotation
319
5
Activity and rotation on evolutionary time scales
324
12
The evolution of the stellar moment of inertia
324
2
Observed rotational evolution of stars
326
3
Magnetic braking and stellar evolution
329
7
Activity in binary stars
336
8
Tidal interaction and magnetic braking
336
4
Properties of active binaries
340
2
Types of particularly active stars and binary systems
342
2
Propositions on stellar dynamos
344
7
Appendix I: Unit conversions
351
2
Bibliography
353
22
Index
375