Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-03-11
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 351 (2004) 826
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
21 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS, low quality figures due to limited size in preprint submission
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07827.x
We present spectropolarimetric observations of the FK Com star HD 199178 obtained between 1998 December and 2003 August at the Telescope Bernard Lyot (Observatoire du Pic du Midi, France). We report the detection of a photospheric magnetic field and reconstruct its distribution by means of Zeeman-Doppler Imaging. We observe large regions where the magnetic field is mainly azimuthal, suggesting that the dynamo processes generating the magnetic activity of HD 199178 may be active very close to the stellar surface. We investigate the rapid evolution of surface brightness and magnetic structures from a continuous monitoring of the star over several weeks in 2002 and 2003. We report that significant changes occur in the distribution of cool spots and magnetic regions on typical timescales of the order of 2 weeks. Our spectropolarimetric observations also suggest that the surface of HD 199178 is sheared by differential rotation, with a difference in rotation rate between equatorial and polar regions of the order of 1.5 times that of the Sun.
Auriere Michel
Bagnulo Stefano
Donati Jean-Francois
Landstreet John Darlington
Lignières François
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