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Solar-type activity over the whole range of the electromagnetic spectrum is a phenomenon inherent in the majority of low- and moderate-mass main sequence stars. In this monograph observational results are summarized in a systematic and comprehensive fashion. The analysis of the various manifestations of such stellar activity leads to the identification of these phenomena with macroscopic non-linear processes in a magnetized plasma. Comparative study of flare stars and the Sun has become increasingly fruitful and is presently an active field of research involving stellar and solar physicists, experts in plasma physics and high-energy astrophysicists. This book will provide them with both an introduction and overview of observational results from the first optical photometry and spectroscopy, from the satellite telescopes International Ultraviolet Explorer to Hubble Space Telescope, XMM-Newton and Chandra, as well as with the present physical interpretation of solar-type activity in main sequence stars. Gershberg's 40-year career studying UV Cet type stars and related objects enables him to provide readers with expert insight into the characteristics of such stars in both the quiescent state and during flares and the reliability of the data over the electromagnetic spectrum and wide temporal scales.
Flare stars. --- Red dwarf stars. --- Ultraviolet spectroscopy. --- Atomic spectroscopy --- Molecular spectroscopy --- Optical spectroscopy --- Red dwarfs --- Dwarf stars --- UV Ceti stars --- Cataclysmic variable stars --- Cool stars
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Gliese 581 is a red dwarf star some 20.3 light years from Earth. Red dwarfs are among the most numerous stars in the galaxy, and they sport diverse planetary systems. At magnitude 10, Gliese 581 is visible to amateur observers but does not stand out. So what makes this star so important? It is that professional observers have confirmed that it has at least four planets orbiting it, and in 2009, Planet d was described in the letters of The Astrophysical Journal as “the first confirmed exoplanet that could support Earth-like life.” Under a Crimson Sun looks at the nature of red dwarf systems such as Gliese as potential homes for life. Realistically, what are prospects for life on these distant worlds? Could life evolve and survive there? How do these planetary surfaces and geology evolve? How would life on a red dwarf planet differ from life on Earth? And what are the implications for finding further habitable worlds in our galaxy? Stevenson provides readers with insight into the habitability of planets and how this changes as time progresses and the central star evolves. Explore with him in this engaging, fascinating book the possibilities for finding life, from bacteria to more complex and even intelligent organisms, on red dwarf system planets.
Exobiology --- Habitable planets --- Red dwarf stars --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Biology - General --- Red dwarf stars. --- Dwarf stars. --- Low-luminosity stars --- Red dwarfs --- Physics. --- Planetology. --- Astronomy. --- Astrophysics. --- Cosmology. --- Astrobiology. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- Dwarf stars --- Stars --- Planetary sciences --- Planetology --- Astrobiology --- Life --- Origin --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics
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