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The Environments of the Sun and the Stars

  • Covers a wide range of aspects of stellar environments
  • Includes the timely topic of space weather
  • Based on course-tested lectures
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 857)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
  2. The Sun as a Star: Its Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
  3. Tides in Planetary Systems and Massive Stars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
    2. Tides in Planetary Systems and in Multiple Stars: a Physical Picture

      • Stéphane Mathis, Françoise Remus
      Pages 111-147
    3. Interactions in Massive Binary Stars as Seen by Interferometry

      • F. Millour, A. Meilland, P. Stee, O. Chesneau
      Pages 149-159
  4. Interferometric and Other Techniques to Peer Inside Stellar Environments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
    2. Very Close Environments of Young Stars

      • F. Malbet
      Pages 163-181
    3. An Introduction to Accretion Disks

      • E. Alecian
      Pages 183-205
    4. Stellar Winds, Magnetic Fields and Disks

      • Asif ud-Doula
      Pages 207-230
    5. Magnetic Field and Convection in the Cool Supergiant Betelgeuse

      • P. Petit, M. Aurière, R. Konstantinova-Antova, A. Morgenthaler, G. Perrin, T. Roudier et al.
      Pages 231-238
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 251-253

About this book

Based on lectures given at a CNRS summer school in France, this book covers many aspects of stellar environments (both observational and theoretical) and offers a broad overview of the field. More specifically, Part I of the book focuses on the Sun, the properties of the ejected plasma, of the solar wind and on space weather. The second part deals with tides in planetary systems and in binary stellar systems, as well as with interactions in massive binary stars as seen by interferometry. Finally the chapters of Part III discuss the environments of young or evolved stars, stellar winds, agnetic fields and disks. With its broad approach the book will provide advanced students as well as researchers with a good overview of the environments of the Sun and the stars.

Editors and Affiliations

  • ARTEMIS, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Grasse, France

    Jean-Pierre Rozelot

  • GEPI, bâtiment Copernic A, Observatoire de Meudon, Meudon, France

    Coralie Neiner

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eBook USD 54.99
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Softcover Book USD 69.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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