Magnetic OB[A] Stars with TESS: probing their Evolutionary and Rotational properties -- The MOBSTER Collaboration
Abstract
In this contribution, we present the MOBSTER Collaboration, a large community effort to leverage high-precision photometry from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (\textit{TESS}) in order to characterize the variability of magnetic massive and intermediate-mass stars. These data can be used to probe the varying column density of magnetospheric plasma along the line of sight for OB stars, thus improving our understanding of the interaction between surface magnetic fields and massive star winds. They can also be used to map out the brightness inhomogeneities present on the surfaces of Ap/Bp stars, informing present models of atomic diffusion in their atmospheres. Finally, we review our current and ongoing studies, which lead to new insights on this topic.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1912.01102,
title = {Magnetic OB[A] Stars with TESS: probing their Evolutionary and Rotational properties -- The MOBSTER Collaboration},
author = {A. David-Uraz and C. Neiner and J. Sikora and J. Barron and D. M. Bowman and P. Cerrahoğlu and D. H. Cohen and C. Erba and V. Khalack and O. Kobzar and O. Kochukhov and H. Pablo and V. Petit and M. E. Shultz and A. ud-Doula and G. A. Wade and the MOBSTER Collaboration},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.01102},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
4 pages, Conference proceedings: "Stars and their variability observed from space", Vienna, Austria, 2019