Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram; stars: fundamental parameters; stars: individual: ξ1CMa; stars: magnetic fields; stars: oscillations
Abstract :
[en] We present the results of a magnetic survey of a sample of eight βCephei stars and 26 slowly pulsating B (SPBs) stars with the FOcal Reducer low dispersion Spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope. A weak mean longitudinal magnetic field of the order of a few hundred Gauss is detected in the βCephei star ξ[SUP]1[/SUP]CMa and in 13 SPB stars. The star ξ[SUP]1[/SUP]CMa becomes the third magnetic star among the βCephei stars. Before our study, the star ζCas was the only known magnetic SPB star. All magnetic SPB stars for which we gathered several magnetic field measurements show a field that varies in time. We do not find a relation between the evolution of the magnetic field with stellar age in our small sample. Our observations imply that βCephei and SPB stars can no longer be considered as classes of non-magnetic pulsators, but the effect of the fields on the oscillation properties remains to be studied.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Hubrig, S.; European Southern Observatory, Casilla 19001, Santiago, Chile
Briquet, Maryline ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astrophysique stellaire théorique et astérosismologie
Schöller, M.; European Southern Observatory, Casilla 19001, Santiago, Chile
De Cat, P.; Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van Belgium, Ringlaan 3, B-1180 Brussel, Belgium
Mathys, G.; European Southern Observatory, Casilla 19001, Santiago, Chile
Aerts, C.; Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200B, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Discovery of magnetic fields in the βCephei star ξ1 CMa and in several slowly pulsating B stars*
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