Evolution of magnetic fields in stars across the upper main sequence: I. Catalogue of magnetic field measurements with FORS1 at the VLT

Details Evolution of magnetic fields in stars across the upper main sequence: I. Catalogue of magnetic field measurements with FORS1 at the VLT Evolution of magnetic fields in stars across the upper main sequence: I. Catalogue of magnetic field measurements with FORS1 at the VLT

2006-03-22

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0603610v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables, to appear in AN 327, 289

Scientific paper

10.1002/asna.200610535

To properly understand the physics of Ap and Bp stars it is particularly important to identify the origin of their magnetic fields. For that, an accurate knowledge of the evolutionary state of stars that have a measured magnetic field is an important diagnostic. Previous results based on a small and possibly biased sample suggest that the distribution of magnetic stars with mass below 3 M_sun in the H-R diagram differs from that of normal stars in the same mass range (Hubrig et al. 2000). In contrast, higher mass magnetic Bp stars may well occupy the whole main-sequence width (Hubrig, Schoeller & North 2005). In order to rediscuss the evolutionary state of upper main sequence magnetic stars, we define a larger and bias-free sample of Ap and Bp stars with accurate Hipparcos parallaxes and reliably determined longitudinal magnetic fields. We used FORS1 at the VLT in its spectropolarimetric mode to measure the magnetic field in chemically peculiar stars where it was unknown or poorly known as yet. In this first paper we present our results of the mean longitudinal magnetic field measurements in 136 stars. Our sample consists of 105 Ap and Bp stars, two PGa stars, 17 HgMn stars, three normal stars, and nine SPB stars. A magnetic field was for the first time detected in 57 Ap and Bp stars, in four HgMn stars, one PGa star, one normal B-type star and four SPB stars.

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