[en] The MiMeS (Magnetism in Massive Stars) project is a large-scale, high-resolution, sensitive spectropolarimetric investigation of the magnetic properties of O- and early B-type stars. Initiated in 2008 and completed in 2013, the project was supported by three Large Program allocations, as well as various programmes initiated by independent principal investigators, and archival resources. Ultimately, over 4800 circularly polarized spectra of 560 O and B stars were collected with the instruments ESPaDOnS (Echelle SpectroPolarimetric Device for the Observation of Stars) at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, Narval at the Télescope Bernard Lyot and HARPSpol at the European Southern Observatory La Silla 3.6 m telescope, making MiMeS by far the largest systematic investigation of massive star magnetism ever undertaken. In this paper, the first in a series reporting the general results of the survey, we introduce the scientific motivation and goals, describe the sample of targets, review the instrumentation and observational techniques used, explain the exposure time calculation designed to provide sensitivity to surface dipole fields above approximately 100 G, discuss the polarimetric performance, stability and uncertainty of the instrumentation, and summarize the previous and forthcoming publications.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Wade, G. A.; Department of Physics, Royal Military College of Canada, PO Box 17000, Stn Forces, Kingston, ON K7K 7B4, Canada
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Petit, V.; Department of Physics & Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA
Batz, B. De; LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, Univ. Paris 6, Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 5 place Jules Janssen, F-92195 Meudon, France
Bohlender, D. A.; Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Program, National Research Council of Canada, 5071 West Saanich Road, Victoria, BC V9E 2E7, Canada
Cohen, D. H.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA
Henrichs, H. F.; Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, NL-1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Kochukhov, O.; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden
Landstreet, J. D.; Physics & Astronomy Department, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada ; Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, UK
Manset, N.; Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation, 65-1238 Mamalahoa Hwy Kamuela, HI 96743, USA
Martins, F.; LUPM, CNRS & Université de Montpellier, Place Eugne Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
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Oksala, M. E.; LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, Univ. Paris 6, Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 5 place Jules Janssen, F-92195 Meudon, France
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Rivinius, Th; European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, Casilla 19001, Santiago, Chile
Shultz, M. E.; Department of Physics, Royal Military College of Canada, PO Box 17000, Stn Forces, Kingston, ON K7K 7B4, Canada ; European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, Casilla 19001, Santiago, Chile ; Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, 99 University Avenue, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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Böhm, T.; Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, Toulouse, France ; CNRS-IRAP, 14, avenue Edouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France
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