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Cartography of the Sun and the Stars (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
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Cartography of the Sun and the Stars (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 914
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The mapping of the surface of stars requires diverse skills,
analysis techniques and advanced modeling, i.e. the collaboration
of scientists in various specialties. This volume gives insights
into new techniques allowing for the first time to obtain resolved
images of stars. It takes stock of what has been achieved so far in
Chile, on the ESO VLTI instrument or, in the States, on the CHARA
instrument. In recent times interferometry, combined with adaptive
optics has allowed to reconstruct images of stars. Besides the Sun
(of course) by now five stars have been resolved in detail. In
addition to interferometry, this book highlights techniques used
for mapping the surfaces of stars using photometry made by space
observatories; Zeeman- and Doppler Imaging; mapping the surface
element abundances via spectroscopy. This book will also take stock
of the best images of the solar surface, made by connecting the
differential rotation to the underlying physical parameters derived
from helioseismology. Recent measurements of flattening of the
solar surface by SDO showed that the Sun's shape is linked to the
rotation of the core. It is shown how such a result is
generalizable to the stars.
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