Large-scale magnetic field of the G8 dwarf xi Bootis A

Details Large-scale magnetic field of the G8 dwarf xi Bootis A Large-scale magnetic field of the G8 dwarf xi Bootis A

2005-05-20

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0505438v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 361 (2005) 837-849

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

accepted by MNRAS

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09207.x

We investigate the magnetic geometry of the active G8 dwarf xi Bootis A, from spectropolarimetric observations obtained in 2003 with the MuSiCoS echelle spectropolarimeter at the Telescope Bernard Lyot (Observatoire du Pic du Midi, France). We repeatedly detect a photospheric magnetic field, with periodic variations consistent with rotational modulation. Circularly polarized (Stokes V) line profiles present a systematic asymmetry, showing up as an excess in amplitude and area of the blue lobe of the profiles. A direct modeling of Stokes V profiles suggests that the global magnetic field is composed of two main components, with an inclined dipole and a large-scale toroidal field. We derive a dipole intensity of about 40 G, with an inclination of 35 degrees of the dipole with respect to the rotation axis. The toroidal field strength is of order of 120 G. A noticeable evolution of the field geometry is observed over the 40 nights of our observing window and results in an increase of the field strength and of the dipole inclination. This study is the first step of a long-term monitoring of xi Bootis A and other active solar-type stars, with the aim to investigate secular fluctuations of stellar magnetic geometries induced by activity cycles.

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