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Significant progress has been made recently in our understanding of the structure of stellar magnetic fields, thanks to advances in detection methods such as Zeeman-Doppler Imaging. The extrapolation of this surface magnetic field into the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Doris Arzoumanian , Moira Jardine , Jean-François Donati , Julien Morin , Colin Johnstone

We present our analysis aimed at inferring average magnetic fields in slowly-rotating solar-like stars. Using the spectral line inversion code SPINOR, we perform high-accuracy line profile fitting and investigate whether Zeeman broadening…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-15 Richard I. Anderson , Ansgar Reiners , Sami K. Solanki

Magnetic perturbations to the frequencies of low degree, high radial order, axisymmetric pulsations in stellar models permeated by large scale magnetic fields are presented. Magnetic fields with dipolar, quadrupolar and a superposition of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. S. Cunha

Direct measurements of magnetic fields in low-mass stars of spectral class M have become available during the last years. This contribution summarizes the data available on direct magnetic measurements in M dwarfs from Zeeman analysis in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ansgar Reiners

We investigate how the observed large-scale surface magnetic fields of low-mass stars (~0.1 -- 2 Msun), reconstructed through Zeeman-Doppler imaging (ZDI), vary with age t, rotation and X-ray emission. Our sample consists of 104 magnetic…

Magnetic A stars represent about $5\%$ of the upper main sequence stars and exhibit highly ordered, very stable and often very strong magnetic fields. They frequently show both, brightness- and spectral line profile variations synchronised…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-19 Theresa Lueftinger

We undertake a first attempt towards a consistent reconstruction of the coronal magnetic field and the coronal density structure. We consider a stationary solar corona which has to obey the equations of magnetohydrostatics. We solve these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-25 T. Wiegelmann , B. Inhester

Magnetic fields affect the local structure of the photosphere of stars. They can considerably influence the radiative properties near the optical surface, flow velocities, and the temperature and pressure profiles. We aim at understanding…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-02 Benjamin Beeck , Manfred Schüssler , Robert H. Cameron , Ansgar Reiners

Magnetic fields play an important role in producing and modifying the photospheric chemical peculiarities of intermediate-mass main sequence stars. This article discusses the basic theory and methods of measurement used to detect and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. A. Wade

49 Cam is a cool magnetic chemically peculiar star which has been noted for showing strong, complex Zeeman linear polarisation signatures. This paper describes magnetic and chemical surface maps obtained for 49 Cam using the INVERS10…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-16 J. Silvester , O. Kochukhov , N. Rusomarov , G. A. Wade

Spectroscopic and spectropolarimetric observations of the pre-main sequence early-G star HD 141943 were obtained at four observing epochs (in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010). The observations were undertaken at the 3.9-m Anglo-Australian…

Magnetic fields play a crucial role at all stages of the formation of low mass stars and planetary systems. In the final stages, in particular, they control the kinematics of in-falling gas from circumstellar discs, and the launching and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 S. G. Gregory , M. Jardine , C. G. Gray , J. -F. Donati

With only a handful of known magnetic massive stars, there is a troubling deficit in the scope of our knowledge of the influence of magnetic fields on stellar evolution, and almost no empirical basis for understanding how fields modify mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-08-15 J. H. Grunhut , G. A. Wade , the MiMeS Collaboration

Magnetic fields on the surface of the Sun and stars in general imprint or modify the polarization state of the electromagnetic radiation that is leaving from the star. The inference of solar/stellar magnetic fields is performed by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 Jaime de la Cruz Rodríguez , Michiel van Noort

Massive stars are crucial building blocks of galaxies and the universe, as production sites of heavy elements and as stirring agents and energy providers through stellar winds and supernovae. The field of magnetic massive stars has seen…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Rolf Walder , Doris Folini , Georges Meynet

Our understanding of the structure and dynamics of stellar coronae has changed dramatically with the availability of surface maps of both star spots and also magnetic field vectors. Magnetic field extrapolations from these surface maps…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Moira Jardine , Jean-Francois Donati , Doris Arzoumanian , Aline de Vidotto

The surface differential rotation of active solar-type stars can be investigated by means of Doppler and Zeeman-Doppler Imaging, both techniques enabling one to estimate the short-term temporal evolution of photospheric structures (cools…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Petit , J. -F. Donati , A. Collier Cameron

In recent years, the development of spectropolarimetric techniques deeply modified our knowledge of stellar magnetism. In the case of solar-type stars, the challenge is to measure a geometrically complex field and determine its evolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Petit

Current burning issues in stellar physics, for both hot and cool stars, concern their magnetism. In hot stars, stable magnetic fields of fossil origin impact their stellar structure and circumstellar environment, with a likely major role in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-18 C. Neiner , J. Morin , J. -C. Bouret , L. Fossati

Stellar variability induce by starspots can hamper the detection of exoplanets and bias planet property estimations. These features can also be used to study star-planet interactions as well as inferring properties from the underlying…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Conrad Vilela , John Southworth , Carlos del Burgo