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Magnetic field observations of low-mass stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

Ansgar Reiners
Ansgar Reiners*
Affiliation:
Universität Göttingen, Institut für Astrophysik, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany email: Ansgar.Reiners@phys.uni-goettingen.de
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Abstract

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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 integrated and polarized light. Strong magnetic fields at kilo-Gauss strength are found throughout the whole M spectral range, and so far all field M dwarfs of spectral type M6 and later show strong magnetic fields. Zeeman Doppler images from polarized light find weaker fields, which may carry important information on magnetic field generation in partially and fully convective stars.

Keywords

Stars: activity – stars: late-type – stars: low-mass – brown dwarfs – stars: magnetic fields
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S259: Cosmic Magnetic Fields: From Planets, to Stars and Galaxies , November 2008 , pp. 339 - 344
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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