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Zeeman Doppler imaging has successfully mapped the large-scale magnetic fields of stars over a large range of spectral types, rotation periods and ages. When observed over multiple epochs, some stars show polarity reversals in their global…

The B0.2 V magnetic star tau Sco stands out from the larger population of massive OB stars due to its high X-ray activity, peculiar wind diagnostics and complex magnetic field. Recently, Petit et al. 2011 presented the discovery of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 V. Petit , O. Kochukhov , D. L. Massa , W. L. F. Marcolino , G. A. Wade , R. Ignace

Although the star itself is not He enriched, the periodicity and the variability in the UV wind lines of the pulsating B1 IV star beta Cep are similar to what is observed in magnetic He-peculiar B stars, suggesting that beta Cep is…

The magnetic cycle on the Sun consists of two consecutive 11-yr sunspot cycles and exhibits a polarity reversal around sunspot maximum. Although solar dynamo theories have progressively become more sophisticated, the details as to how the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-29 S. Bellotti , P. Petit , S. V. Jeffers , S. C. Marsden , J. Morin , A. A. Vidotto , C. P. Folsom , V. See , J. -D. do Nascimento

The ultraviolet stellar wind lines of the photometrically periodic variable early B-type star sigma Lupi were found to behave very similarly to what has been observed in known magnetic B stars, although no periodicity could be determined.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 H. F. Henrichs , K. Kolenberg , B. Plaggenborg , S. C. Marsden , I. A. Waite , G. Wade , the MiMeS Collaboration

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

We study the evolution of the observed photospheric magnetic field and the modeled global coronal magnetic field during the past 3 1/2 solar activity cycles observed since the mid-1970s. We use synoptic magnetograms and extrapolated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 G. J. D. Petrie

Characterising the long-term evolution of magnetic activity on Sun-like stars is important not only for stellar physics but also for understanding the environment in which planets evolve. In the past decades, many photometric surveys of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-26 Philippe Gondoin

Context: The first tentative detection of a magnetic field on the Hot Jupiter type exoplanet $\tau$ Bo\"otis b was recently reported by Turner et al. (2021). The magnetic field was inferred from observations of circularly-polarized radio…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-22 F. Elekes , J. Saur

Magnetic fields play an important role at all stages of stellar evolution. In Sun-like stars, they are generated in the outer convective layers. Studying the large-scale magnetic fields of these stars enlightens our understanding of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 R. Fares

M dwarfs are the most abundant stars in the Galaxy and exhibit diverse magnetic behaviours. Understanding their large-scale magnetic fields is essential to study stellar dynamos and assess the impact of magnetic activity on planetary…

New CCD photometric observations of the eclipsing system AR Boo were obtained from February 2006 to April 2008. The star's photometric properties are derived from detailed studies of the period variability and of all available light curves.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Jae Woo Lee , Jae-Hyuck Youn , Chung-Uk Lee , Seung-Lee Kim , Robert H. Koch

A sample of 19 solar-type stars, probing masses between 0.6 and 1.4 solar mass and rotation periods between 3.4 and 43 days, was regularly observed using the NARVAL spectropolarimeter at Telescope Bernard Lyot (Pic du Midi, France) between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 A. Morgenthaler , P. Petit , J. Morin , M. Auriere , B. Dintrans , R. Konstantinova-Antova , S. Marsden

We present near-infrared spectropolarimetric observations of a sample of 43 weakly- to moderately-active M dwarfs, carried with SPIRou at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in the framework of the SPIRou Legacy Survey from early 2019 to mid…

In the present work, we investigate how the large-scale magnetic field of the Sun, in its three vector components, has evolved during most of cycle 24, from 2010 Jan to 2018 Apr. To filter out the small-scale field of the Sun, present in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-01 A. A. Vidotto , L. Lehmann , M. Jardine , A. Pevtsov

We present the results of a 140 ks XMM-Newton observation of the B2 star $\rho$ Ophiuchi A. The star has exhibited strong X-ray variability: a cusp-shaped increase of rate, similar to that which we partially observed in 2013, and a bright…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 Ignazio Pillitteri , Scott J. Wolk , Fabio Reale , Lida Oskinova

We rediscuss the evolutionary state of upper main sequence magnetic stars using a sample of Ap and Bp stars with accurate Hipparcos parallaxes and definitely determined longitudinal magnetic fields. FORS1 at the VLT in spectropolarimetric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Hubrig , P. North , T. Szeifert

Recent XMM-Newton observations of the B2 type star rho Oph A indicated a periodicity of 1.205d, which was ascribed to rotational modulation. Since variability of X-ray emission in massive stars is frequently the signature of a magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 S. Hubrig , M. Schöller , S. P. Järvinen , M. Küker , A. F. Kholtygin , P. Steinbrunner

Thirty-four years of WSO (Wilcox Solar Observatory) and thirteen years of SOHO/MDI (Michelson Doppler Imager on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) magnetograms have been studied to measure the east-west inclination angle, indicating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-23 Leyan Lo , Todd Hoeksema , Phil Scherrer

Strong, stable, and organised magnetic fields are present at the surfaces of a small fraction of OBA stars. These "fossil fields" exhibit uniform characteristics in stars over a tremendous range of stellar mass, age, temperature, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-29 G. A. Wade , C. Neiner