Hostname: page-component-7bb8b95d7b-w7rtg Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-09-26T00:33:38.903Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Observations of stellar magnetism and associated phenomena

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2013

J.D. Landstreet*
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, and Armagh Observatory, Armagh, UK
Get access

Abstract

This paper first surveys how stellar magnetic fields are measured, and especially the impact of the most recent spectropolarimeters on our measurement capabilities. The two main types of stellar magnetism, dynamo and fossil fields, are discussed in a general way. This is followed by a broad survey of the current level of knowledge of magnetic fields in various classes of stars, from the pre-main sequence through main sequence stars, giants, and white dwarfs. Some of the hotter magnetic stars show clear abundance anomalies relative to the solar abundance ratios. The connection between magnetism and the atomic diffusion believed to be responsible for these anomalies is discussed, especially in the context of some new results from cluster A and B magnetic stars.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2013

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Abt, H., 1979, ApJ, 230, 485CrossRef
Alecian, E., Wade, G.A., Catala, C., et al., 2008, A&A, 481, L99
Alecian, E., Wade, G.A., Catala, C., et al., 2011, ASPC, 449, 275
Alecian, G., Stift, M.J., & Dorfi, E.A., 2011, MNRAS, 418, 986CrossRef
Aurière, M., Wade, G.A., Silvester, J., et al., 2007, A&A, 475, 1053
Aurière, M., Wade, G.A., Konstantinova-Antova, R., et al., 2009, A&A, 504, 231
Babel, J., Michaud, G., 1991, ApJ, 366, 560CrossRef
Bagnulo, S., Landstreet, J.D., Mason, E., et al., 2006, A&A, 450, 777
Bagnulo, S., Landstreet, J.D., Fossati, L., & Kochukhov, O., 2012, A&A, 538, A129
Bailey, J.D., Landstreet, J.D., Bagnulo, S., et al., 2011, A&A, 535, A25
Donati, J.-F., Howarth, I.D., Jardine, M.M., et al., 2006, MNRAS, 370, 629CrossRef
Donati, J.-F., & Landstreet, J.D., 2009, ARA&A, 47, 333CrossRef
Donati, J.-F., & Wade, G.A., 1999, A&A, 341, 216
Eisberg, R., Resnick, R., 1985, Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles (John Wiley & Sons)Google Scholar
Grunhut, J.H., Wade, G.A., Hanes, D.A., & Alecian, E., 2010, MNRAS, 408, 2290CrossRef
Hartmann, L., Hewett, R., & Calvet, N., 1994, ApJ, 426, 669CrossRef
Hubrig, S., Briquet, M., De Cat, P., et al., 2009, AN, 330, 317
Hubrig, S., Ilyin, I., Schóller, M., et al., 2011, ApJ, 726, L5CrossRef
Hussain, G.A.J., 2012, AN, 333, 4
Kepler, S.O, Pelisoli, I., Jordan, S., et al., 2013, MNRAS, 429, 2934CrossRef
Johns-Krull, C., 2007, ApJ, 664, 975CrossRef
Kochukhov, O., Wade, G.A., 2010, A&A, 513, A13
Konstantinova-Antova, R., Aurière, M., Charbonnel, C., et al., 2010, A&A, 524, A57
Konstantinova-Antova, R., Aurière, M., Petit, P., et al., 2012, A&A, 541, A44
Landstreet, J.D., & Borra, E.F., 1978, ApJ, 224, L5CrossRef
Landstreet, J.D., 1992, A&AR, 4, 35
Landstreet, J.D., Bagnulo, S., Andretta, V., et al., 2007, A&A, 470, 685
Landstreet, J.D., Silaj, J., Andretta, V., et al., 2008, A&A, 481, 465
Landstreet, J.D., 2009, in Stellar Magnetism, ed. Neiner, C. & Zahn, J.-P., EAS Publications Series, Vol. 39, Ch. 1Google Scholar
Landstreet, J.D., Bagnulo, S., & Valyavin, G., 2012, A&A, 545, A30
Mestel, L., & Landstreet, J.D., 2005, Lect. Notes Phys., 664, 183CrossRef
Mestel, L., & Moss, D., 2010, MNRAS, 405, 1845
Michaud, G., Charland, Y., & Vauclair, S., & G., 1976, ApJ, 210, 447CrossRef
Petit, P., Donati, J.-F., Wade, G.A., et al., 2004a, MNRAS, 348, 1175CrossRef
Petit, P., Donati, J.-F., Oliviera, J.M., et al., 2004b, MNRAS, 351, 826CrossRef
Petit, V., Owocki, S.P., Wade, G.A., et al., 2013, MNRAS 429, 398CrossRef
Shultz, M., Wade, G.A., Grunhut, J., et al., 2012, ApJ, 750, 2CrossRef
Silvester, J., Neiner, C., Henrichs, H., et al., 2009, MNRAS, 398, 1505CrossRef
Tout, C.A., Wickramasinghe, D.T., Liebert, J., et al., 2008, MNRAS, 387, 897CrossRef
Townsend, R.H.R., Owocki, S.P., & ud-Doula, A., 2007, MNRAS, 382, 139CrossRef
ud-Doula, A., Owocki, S.P., & Townsend, R.H.D., 2009, MNRAS, 392, 1022CrossRef
Wade, G.A., Grunhut, J., Gräfener, G., et al., 2012, MNRAS, 419, 2459CrossRef