Magnetic fields of Sun-like stars

Abstract

Magnetic fields play an important role at all stages of stellar evolution. In Sun-like stars, they are generated in the outer convective layers. Studying the large-scale magnetic fields of these stars enlightens our understanding of the field properties and gives us observational constraints for the field generation models. In this review, I summarise the current observational picture of the large-scale magnetic fields of Sun-like stars, in particular solar-twins and planet-host stars. I discuss the observations of large-scale magnetic cycles, and compare these cycles to the solar cycle.

10 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the IAUS302 "Magnetic fields throughout stellar evolution". arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1109.3982

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