English

Magnetic Fields

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-01-20 v1

Abstract

In this chapter, we give a brief introduction into the use of the Zeeman effect in astronomy and the general detection of magnetic fields in stars, concentrating on the use of FORS2 for longitudinal magnetic field measurements.

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@article{arxiv.1501.04226,
  title  = {Magnetic Fields},
  author = {Markus Schöller and Swetlana Hubrig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.04226},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

7 pages, 5 figures, chapter in "Determination of Atmospheric Parameters of B-, A-, F- and G-Type Stars", Springer (2014), eds. E. Niemczura, B. Smalley, W. Pych

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