The nature and origin of magnetic fields in early-type stars
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2015-06-18 v1
Abstract
I review our current knowledge of magnetic fields in stars more massive than around 1.5 Msun, in particular their nature and origin. This includes the strong magnetic fields found in a subset of the population and the fossil field theory invoked to explain them; the subgauss fields detected in Vega and Sirius and their possible origin; and what we can infer about magnetic activity in massive stars and how it might be linked to subsurface convection.
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@article{arxiv.1312.4755,
title = {The nature and origin of magnetic fields in early-type stars},
author = {Jonathan Braithwaite},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.4755},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
10 pages, 6 figures; invited review, to appear in the proceedings of IAUS 302 'Magnetic fields throughout stellar evolution'