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Stars in magnetic grand minima: where are they and what are they like?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2012

Steven H. Saar  and
Paola Testa
Steven H. Saar
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: saar@cfa.harvard.edu, ptesta@cfa.harvard.edu
Paola Testa
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: saar@cfa.harvard.edu, ptesta@cfa.harvard.edu
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Abstract

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We explore various ideas of what a star in a Maunder-like magnetic minimum would look like, and ways of finding stars in such a state, and make some estimates of their physical and magnetic activity properties. We discuss new X-ray observations of a small selection of candidates for being in magnetic grand minima. These are then compared with the Sun and other low activity stars.

Keywords

stars: magnetic fieldsstars: late-typestars: evolutionstars: activitySun: magnetic fieldsSun: activity
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Symposium S286: Comparative Magnetic Minima: Characterizing quiet times in the Sun and Stars , October 2011 , pp. 335 - 345
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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