Cartography of the magnetic fields and chemical spots of Ap stars

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Apr 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009iaus..259..403s&link_type=abstract

Cosmic Magnetic Fields: From Planets, to Stars and Galaxies, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Stars: Magnetic Fields, Techniques: Polarimetric, Stars: Early-Type, Stars: Chemically Peculiar

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We will introduce a project using Magnetic Doppler Imaging (MDI) to create assumption-free vector magnetic field maps and chemical surface structure maps of chemically peculiar A and B type (or Ap) stars. We are exploiting the latest generation of spectropolarimeters (NARVAL at the Pic du Midi observatory, and ESPaDOnS at the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope), to obtain high-resolution time series of Stokes IQUV spectra of a selection of Ap stars. The spectra have superior signal-to-noise ratio, resolution and wavelength coverage to those used previously. This combined with the ground-breaking inversion techniques introduced by Kochukhov et al. (2002) results in maps which represent the state-of-the-art in the field of stellar cartography. These maps will allow us to better understand the links between the magnetic field and the physical processes leading to the formation of chemical structures in the photosphere and allow us to address questions surrounding the detailed magnetic field geometry of Ap stars.

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