Are magnetically active low-mass M dwarfs completely convective?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 559, Issue 1 PART 1, 2001, Pages 353-371

  Mullan, D J ^a   Macdonald, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Stars: evolution; Stars: interiors; Stars: low mass, brown dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035922274     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/322336     Document Type: Article

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