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Title:
Rotation and magnetic activity in main-sequence stars
Authors:
Hartmann, Lee W.; Noyes, Robert W.
Affiliation:
AA(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA), AB(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA)
Publication:
IN: Annual review of astronomy and astrophysics. Volume 25 (A88-13240 03-90). Palo Alto, CA, Annual Reviews, Inc., 1987, p. 271-301. (Annual Reviews Homepage)
Publication Date:
00/1987
Category:
Astrophysics
Origin:
STI
NASA/STI Keywords:
MAGNETOACTIVITY, MAIN SEQUENCE STARS, STELLAR ACTIVITY, STELLAR EVOLUTION, STELLAR MAGNETIC FIELDS, STELLAR ROTATION, EMISSION SPECTRA, STAR CLUSTERS, STELLAR MASS, STELLAR SPECTRA
DOI:
10.1146/annurev.aa.25.090187.001415
Bibliographic Code:
1987ARA&A..25..271H

Abstract

The authors discuss recent observational results on how rotation interacts with convection to produce stellar magnetic fields. They concentrate on the activity of main-sequence stars. They sketch the evolution of stellar rotation from pre-main-sequence to main-sequence phases. Some implications of this rotational evolution for internal velocity fields, and therefore for the dynamo processes, are noted. Surface manifestations of magnetic activity, thought to be generated by the magnetic dynamo acting within rotating, convecting stars, and how this activity depends on mass, rotation, and age are discussed. The authors summarize the present state of our understanding of rotation and magnetic activity in main-sequence stars and outline some promising areas for future work.

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