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Magnetic fields in O, B, and A stars /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hubrig, S. (Swetlana) (Author), Schöller, Markus (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2021]
Series:IOP (Series). Release 21.
IOP ebooks. 2021 collection.
AAS-IOP astronomy. 2021 collection.
Subjects:
Stars > Magnetic fields.
Galaxies & stars.
SCIENCE / Astronomy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Basics of stellar magnetic field studies
  • 2.1. Introduction to the field
  • 2.2. The Stokes formalism
  • 2.3. The oblique rotator model
  • 2.4. The zeeman effect
  • 2.5. Broad-Band linear polarisation
  • 2.6. Magnetic field modulus
  • 2.7. Autocorrelation
  • 2.8. Spectral line moments in Stokes I and Stokes V
  • 2.9. Low-resolution correlations
  • 2.10. LSD and SVD techniques
  • 2.11. Zeeman-Doppler imaging
  • 3. Observing magnetic fields
  • 3.1. Stellar characteristics as indirect magnetic field tracers
  • 3.2. Limitations of the various observing and modelling techniques
  • 3.3. Adverse effects in the reduction and magnetic field measurement techniques
  • 4. Ap/Bp Stars
  • 4.1. General background
  • 4.2. Abundances
  • 4.3. Rotation
  • 4.4. Pulsating Ap stars
  • 4.5. Multiplicity
  • 4.6. Magnetic field origin and evolution of the field strength and geometry
  • 5. O- and early B-type stars
  • 5.1. General background
  • 5.2. Magnetic O stars
  • 5.3. Magnetic early-B stars
  • 5.4. Magnetospheres
  • 5.5. RRM stars
  • 5.6. Space photometry : long- and short-term variability
  • 5.7. Magnetic field origin and evolution of the field strength
  • 6. Herbig Ae/Be stars
  • 6.1. General background
  • 6.2. Magnetic field studies of Herbig Ae/Be stars
  • 6.3. Magnetospheric accretion in Herbig Ae/Be stars
  • 6.4. Magnetic field studies of Vega-like stars
  • 6.5. Magnetic field origin
  • 6.6. Future prospects in magnetic studies of herbig ae/be stars
  • 7. Other objects
  • 7.1. HgMn stars
  • 7.2. PGa stars
  • 7.3. Am stars
  • 7.4. Normal and superficially normal A and B Stars
  • 7.5. Slowly pulsating B and [beta] Cephei stars
  • 7.6. Be stars
  • 7.7. High-mass X-ray binaries
  • 7.8. Wolf-Rayet stars
  • 8. Final remarks.