Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2012-03-29
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
10 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
In this paper we present new and archive radio measurements obtained with the Very Large Array of the magnetic chemically peculiar (MCP) star \sigma Ori E. The radio data have been obtained at different frequencies and are well distributed along the rotational phases. We analyze in detail the radio emission from \sigma Ori E with the aim to search evidence of circularly polarized radio pulses. Up to now, among the MCP stars only CU Virginis shows 100% polarized time-stable radio pulses, explained as highly directive electron cyclotron maser emission, visible from Earth at particular rotational phases, like a pulsar. Our analysis shows that there is no hint of coherent emission at frequencies below 15 GHz. We conclude that the presence of a quadrupolar component of the magnetic field, dominant within few stellar radii from the star, where the maser emission should be generated, inhibits the onset of the cyclotron maser instability in \sigma Ori E.
Buemi Carla Simona
Leone Francesco
Leto Paolo
Trigilio Corrado
Umana Grazia
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