TY - CHAP
T1 - Magnetic fields of Sun-like stars
AU - Fares, Rim
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - stars: magnetic fields - stars: activity - stars: individual - techniques: spectropolarimetry
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U2 - 10.1017/S1743921314002026
DO - 10.1017/S1743921314002026
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84905723763
SN - 9781107044982
T3 - Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
SP - 180
EP - 189
BT - Magnetic Fields throughout Stellar Evolution
PB - Cambridge University Press
ER -