"Astrospheres and Solar-like Stellar Winds"
by
Brian E. Wood
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Abstract
1
Introduction
2
Background Material
2.1
The solar wind
2.2
The local interstellar medium
2.3
The structure of the heliosphere
3
Direct Wind Detection Techniques
4
Detecting Winds Through Astrospheric Absorption
4.1
Analyzing H I Lyman-alpha lines
4.2
Comparing heliospheric absorption with model predictions
4.3
Measuring stellar mass loss rates
5
Implications for the Sun and Solar System
5.1
Inferring the mass loss history of the Sun
5.2
Magnetic braking
5.3
The Faint Young Sun problem
5.4
Erosion of planetary atmospheres
6
Conclusions
7
Acknowledgements
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