Fossil magnetic fields in intermediate-mass and massive stars
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2021-03-10 v1
Abstract
A small fraction of the population of intermediate-mass and massive stars host strong and stable magnetic fields organised on large scales. These fields are believed to be remnants of star formation. It is however not clear how such fossil fields have been shaped during their formation and subsequent evolution. We report recent and ongoing studies on the magnetic properties of pre-main sequence stars and main sequence binaries, allowing us to make progress in this field.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1705.10650,
title = {Fossil magnetic fields in intermediate-mass and massive stars},
author = {E. Alecian and F. Villebrun and J. Grunhut and G. Hussain and C. Neiner and G. A. Wade},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.10650},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
To appear in the proceedings for the Astrofluid conference in honor of Jean-Paul Zahn (Paris, June 2016) ; 11 pages, 2 figures