Stellar Coronal and Wind Models: Impact on Exoplanets
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
2019-02-06 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract
Surface magnetism is believed to be the main driver of coronal heating and stellar wind acceleration. Coronae are believed to be formed by plasma confined in closed magnetic coronal loops of the stars, with winds mainly originating in open magnetic field line regions. In this Chapter, we review some basic properties of stellar coronae and winds and present some existing models. In the last part of this Chapter, we discuss the effects of coronal winds on exoplanets.
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@article{arxiv.1709.07800,
title = {Stellar Coronal and Wind Models: Impact on Exoplanets},
author = {A. A. Vidotto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.07800},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
Chapter published in the "Handbook of Exoplanets", Editors in Chief: Juan Antonio Belmonte and Hans Deeg, Section Editor: Nuccio Lanza. Springer Reference Works