Parallel sessions

The magnetic fields of the Sun and other stars are generated by internal dynamos. Some stars exhibit activity signatures and cycles similar to our Sun’s but others show far more chaotic variability and substantially stronger magnetic fields, while others still show very little evidence for magnetic activity at all. Dynamo models must account for the generation of these different types of activity and they must do so on a wide variety of stars with different structures, masses and at various stages of evolution.

We aim to bring together experts in the solar and stellar communities to review recent advances in modelling the generation and evolution of stellar magnetic fields and the observational signatures detectable by modern instruments.

We note that the topics discussed in this session will be related to the parallel session "Is the Sun in Transition? The Unusual Cycle 24, and Implications for the Solar-Stellar Connection", which will focus on the observational signatures of magnetic activity on the Sun and other Sun-like stars.