The discovery of a co-rotating magnetosphere in a helium weak star: HD5737 = alpha Scl

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B Stars, Corotation, Helium, Iue, Magnetospheres, Spaceborne Astronomy, Stellar Rotation, Ultraviolet Astronomy, Ultraviolet Spectra, Stellar Composition, Stellar Magnetic Fields

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The discovery, using combined IUE spectroscopy and Zeeman polarimetric magnetic field measurements, of a magnetosphere in a helium weak star is reported. The star, HD 5737 = alpha Scl, is one of the extreme He weak stars in its He deficiency, but is otherwise quite similar to the other sn stars HD 21699 and HD 79158. A period for the magnetic and C IV and Si IV variations of 21.65 days, a factor of 10 longer than the other variable sn stars is indicated. The effective (longitudinal) field nulls correspond extremely well to C IV line strength maxima. The magnetic field and equatorial magnetosphere are highly oblique (70 deg) and the line variations appear to be stable.

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