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    A stellar magnetic field is a magnetic field generated by the motion of conductive plasma inside a star. This motion is created through convection, which...
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  • currents, and magnetic materials. Magnetic field or Magnetic Fields may also refer to: Earth's magnetic field Magnetic field of Mars Magnetic field of the Moon...
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  • Fossil stellar magnetic fields or fossil fields are proposed as possible interstellar magnetic fields that became locked into certain stars. Stellar magnetic...
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    role in the generation of a stellar magnetic field. In its turn, the magnetic field of a star interacts with the stellar wind. As the wind moves away...
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    A magnetic field (sometimes called B-field) is a physical field that describes the magnetic influence on moving electric charges, electric currents,: ch1 ...
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    dust grains. Astrophysical maser Diffuse interstellar band Fossil stellar magnetic field Heliosphere List of interstellar and circumstellar molecules Photodissociation...
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    Magnetic braking is a theory explaining the loss of stellar angular momentum due to material getting captured by the stellar magnetic field and thrown...
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  • object appear to pulse. quadratic field strength A method of computing the mean strength of a varying stellar magnetic field. It is determined by calculating...
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    ; Oláh, K.; et al. (May 2016). "Investigating magnetic activity in very stable stellar magnetic fields. Long-term photometric and spectroscopic study...
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    Sun (redirect from Solar magnetic field)
    The Sun has a stellar magnetic field that varies across its surface. Its polar field is 1–2 gauss (0.0001–0.0002 T), whereas the field is typically 3...
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  • isochrone Stellar kinematics Stellar limb-darkening Stellar luminosity Stellar magnetic field Stellar magnitude Stellar mass Stellar mass black hole Stellar mass...
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    mechanisms that act in stellar environments. Some stars, for example, seem to have magnetic fields, fossil stellar magnetic fields left over from their...
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    problem in stellar astrophysics is how the corona can be heated to such high temperatures. The answer is believed to lie in magnetic fields, but the exact...
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  • astronomical object in which charged particles are affected by that object's magnetic field. It is created by a celestial body with an active interior dynamo. In...
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    Magnetar (redirect from Magnetic star)
    neutron star with an extremely powerful magnetic field (~109 to 1011 T, ~1013 to 1015 G). The magnetic-field decay powers the emission of high-energy...
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    is believed that interaction between the accretion disk and the stellar magnetic field accelerates some of the accreting material from within a few astronomical...
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    spectropolarimeter, NARVAL, which allows astronomers to probe stellar magnetic fields with exquisite sensitivity. Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées List of...
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    Star (redirect from Stellar radius)
    levels of surface activity because of their magnetic field. The magnetic field can act upon a star's stellar wind, functioning as a brake to gradually slow...
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    magnetic field is more twisted. Associated with sunspots are coronal loops, loops of magnetic flux, upwelling from the solar interior. The magnetic flux...
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    dynamics Effective temperature Stellar kinematics Stellar magnetic field Magnitude Absolute magnitude Solar mass Metallicity Stellar rotation UBV photometric...
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    radiation, dust and magnetic reconnection, nuclear energy generation and internal solar dynamics, solar activity and stellar magnetic fields, aeronomy and space...
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    components in the presence of a static magnetic field. It is caused by interaction of the magnetic field with the magnetic moment of the atomic electron associated...
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  • Surface activity may refer to Stellar magnetic field § Surface activity Plate tectonics, a form of planetary surface activity Surfactant, a surface active...
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  • magnetic field caused by the beating effect of the wave interference. Stellar magnetic field Solar phenomena Atmospheric dynamo Tobias, S.M. (2002). "The Solar...
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    of stellar magnetic fields, as well as surface brightness or spots and temperature distributions. This method makes use of the ability of magnetic fields...
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  • Superflare (category Stellar phenomena)
    massive enough to spin up a star. But the magnetic field of a nearby exoplanet may close stellar magnetic field lines, resulting in a star rotating at a...
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    understanding other stellar flares. The general idea is that flares are generated through the reconnection of the magnetic field lines in the corona....
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    O-type star after HD 108. Since the magnetic fields trap stellar winds to an Alfvén radius of ≳12 times the stellar radius, HD 54879 experiences very little...
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    Lorentz force (redirect from Magnetic force)
    force law is the combination of electric and magnetic force on a point charge due to electromagnetic fields. The Lorentz force, on the other hand, is a...
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  • a projected rotational velocity of 41 km/s. The strength of the stellar magnetic field has been measured at (209.5±135.4)×10−4 T. The star is radiating...
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