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BPM 37093 is the only hydrogen-atmosphere white dwarf currently known which has sufficient mass (~ 1.1 M_sun) to theoretically crystallize while still inside the ZZ Ceti instability strip (T_eff ~ 12,000 K). As a consequence, this star…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Kanaan , A. Nitta , D. E. Winget , S. O. Kepler , M. H. Montgomery , T. S. Metcalfe

We present Doppler images of the young K5V - K7V rapid rotator LO Peg from seven nights of continuous spectroscopy obtained in 1998 from July 04 to July 10. The images reveal the presence of a strong polar cap with appendages extending to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. R. Barnes , A. Collier Cameron , T. A. Lister , G. R. Pointer , M. D. Still

WD1953-011 is an isolated, cool (7920 +/- 200K, Bergeron, Legget & Ruiz, 2001) magnetic white dwarf (MWD) with a low average field strength (~70kG, Maxted et al. 2000) and a higher than average mass (~0.74 M_sun, Bergeron et al. 2001).…

We report the first direct detection of a strong, 5 kG magnetic field on the surface of an active brown dwarf. LSR J1835+3259 is an M8.5 dwarf exhibiting transient radio and optical emission bursts modulated by fast rotation. We have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-04 S. V. Berdyugina , D. M. Harrington , O. Kuzmychov , J. R. Kuhn , G. Hallinan , A. F. Kowalski , S. L. Hawley

According to earlier Doppler images of the magnetically active primary giant component of the RS CVn binary II Peg, the surface of the star was dominated by one single active longitude that was clearly drifting in the rotational frame of…

Strong magnetic fields are observed in a substantial fraction of upper main sequence stars and white dwarfs. Many such stars are observed to exhibit photometric modulations as the magnetic poles rotate in and out of view, which could be a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-22 Jim Fuller , Stephane Mathis

We report the detection of a large-scale magnetic field at the surface of the slowly-rotating fully-convective M dwarf Proxima Centauri. Ten circular polarization spectra, collected from April to July 2017 with the HARPS-Pol…

With the discovery of a few thousand exoplanets, questions have been raised regarding star-planet interactions and whether the presence of a companion may affect stellar properties. GJ 504 is an evolved (2 Gyr) Sun-like star with a short…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-27 S. Bellotti , C. Pezzotti , G. Buldgen , A. A. Vidotto , D. Evensberget , E. Magaudda

Our ongoing spectroscopic survey of high proper motion stars is a rich source of new magnetic white dwarfs. We present a few examples among cool white dwarfs showing the effect of field strength and geometry on the observed optical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-18 S. Vennes , A. Kawka , L. Ferrario , E. Paunzen

This paper describes results of magnetic field measurements of white dwarfs carried out on the 6-m telescope for the last years. A magnetic field of about Be ~ 28 kG has been discovered in the degenerate star WD 1953-011. A rotational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. N. Fabrika , G. G. Valyavin , T. E. Burlakova , E. A. Barsukova , D. N. Monin

We present a comprehensive multiwavelength analysis of the hot DB white dwarf PG 0112+104. Our analysis relies on newly-acquired FUSE observations, on medium-resolution FOS and GHRS data, on archival high-resolution GHRS observations, on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 P. Dufour , S. Desharnais , F. Wesemael , P. Chayer , T. Lanz , P. Bergeron , G. Fontaine , A. Beauchamp , R. A. Saffer , J. W. Kruk , M. -M. Limoges

We present the results of a study of the star HD 34736. The spectropolarimetric observations carried out at the 6-m telescope showed the presence of a strong variable longitudinal magnetic field, exceeding -4500 G. The analysis of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 E. A. Semenko , I. I. Romanyuk , D. O. Kudryavtsev , I. A. Yakunin

We report here our spectropolarimetric observations obtained using the Espadons/CFHT high resolution spectrograph of two M dwarf stars which standard models suggest are fully convective: EV Lac (M3.5) and HH And (M5.5). The difference in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 N. Phan-Bao , E. L. Martin , J. -F Donati , J. Lim

TOI-3884 b is a sub-Saturn transiting a fully convective M-dwarf. Observations indicate that the transit shape is chromatic and asymmetric as a result of persistent starspot crossings. This, along with the lack of photometric variability of…

We present detections of stellar flares of Wolf\,359, an M6.5 dwarf in the solar neighborhood (2.41~pc) known to be prone to flares due to surface magnetic activity. The observations were carried out from 2020 April 23 to 29 with a 1-m and…

We first present the multicolor photometry results of the rapidly rotating magnetic star HD 345439 using the Nanshan One-meter Wide-field Telescope. From the photometric observations, we derive a rotational period of 0.7699\pm0.0014 day.…

M dwarfs are known to host magnetic fields, impacting exoplanet studies and playing a key role in stellar and planetary formation and evolution. Observations revealed the long-term evolution of the large-scale magnetic field reconstructed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-07 P. I. Cristofari , J. -F. Donati , S. Bellotti , É. Artigau , A. Carmona , C. Moutou , X. Delfosse , P. Petit , B. Finociety , J. Dias do Nascimento

In this work, the photometric data from the American Association of Variable Star Observers are collected and analyzed on the SX Phoenicis star DY Pegasi (DY Peg). From the frequency analysis, we get three independent frequencies: $f_0 =…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-19 Hui-Fang Xue , Jia-Shu Niu

Dynamo action in fully convective stars is a debated issue that also questions our understanding of magnetic field generation in partly convective Sun-like stars. During the past few years, spectropolari- metric observations have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-21 J. Morin , X. Delfosse , J. -F. Donati , E. Dormy , T. Forveille , M. Jardine , P. Petit , M. Schrinner

In the context of the ESPaDOnS and Narval spectropolarimetric surveys of Herbig Ae/Be stars, we discovered and then monitored the magnetic field of HD 190073 over more than four years, from 2004 to 2009. Our observations all displayed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 E. Alecian , C. Neiner , S. Mathis , C. Catala , O. Kochukhov , J. Landstreet , the MiMeS collaboration