Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Event
IAU Symposium 259: Cosmic magnetic fields: from planets, to stars and galaxies, Puerto Santiago, Spain
Volume | Issue number
4 | S259
Pages (from-to)
381-382
Organisations
Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract
The presence of magnetic fields in O-type stars has been suspected for a long time. The discovery of such fields would explain a wide range of well documented enigmatic phenomena in massive stars, in particular cyclical wind variability, Hα emission variations, chemical peculiarity, narrow X-ray emission lines and non-thermal radio/X-ray emission. Here we present the results of our studies of magnetic fields in O-type stars, carried out over the last years.
Document type
Article
Note
eprintid: arXiv:0901.3307
Proceedings title: IAU Symposium 259: Cosmic magnetic fields: from planets, to stars and galaxies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Place of publication: Cambridge
Editors: K.G. Strassmeier, A.G. Kosovichev, J.E. Beckman