Saas Fee Advanced Course 39. Magnetic Fields in Stars:
From the Sun to Compact Objects
Les Diablerets, Switzerland
22/03/2009 - 28/03/2009

Sami K. Solanki: Magnetic Fields in the Atmospheres of the Sun and Stars

Table of contents:

• Basics of polarimetry and the measurement of solar magnetic fields
• The Sun's large-scale magnetic structure
• Sunspot magnetic fields
• Non-spot magnetic fields (Faculae and network magnetic fields)
• Manifestations of the magnetic field in the Sun's atmosphere
• Magnetic fields in the upper solar atmosphere
• Techniques for stellar magnetic field measurements
• Magnetic fields in the Herzsprung-Russel diagram
• Activity in stellar envelopes caused by the magnetic field