Weather in stellar atmosphere revealed by the dynamics of mercury clouds in α Andromedae

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 526-529

  Kochukhov, Oleg ^a   Adelman, Saul J ^b   Gulliver, Austin F ^c   Piskunov, Nikolai ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b THE CITADEL   (United States)

^c BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; MAGNETISM;

ATOMIC DIFFUSIONS; DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION; EARLY-TYPE - STARS; SECULAR EVOLUTION; STELLAR ATMOSPHERES; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS; STRUCTURE FORMATIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL IMAGES;

STARS;

EID: 34547614767     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys648     Document Type: Article

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