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Solar and stellar magnetic fields and structures: Observations

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This review of stellar magnetic field measurements is both a critique of recent spectral diagnostic techniques and a summary of important trends now appearing in the data. I will discuss both the Zeeman broadening techniques that have evolved from Robinson's original approach and techniques based on circular and linear polarization data. I conclude with an ambitious agenda for developing self-consistent models of the magnetic atmospheres of active stars.

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Linsky, J.L. Solar and stellar magnetic fields and structures: Observations. Sol Phys 121, 187–196 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00161695

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