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The Magnetism in Massive Stars project: first HARPSpol discoveries

2012/11/05 by E. Alecian, E. Alécian, Alecian, E. +8
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1211.1075

4 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the annual meeting of the SF2A 2012

arxiv created 2012/11/05 · openalex publication_date 2012/11/05 · arxiv updated 2012/11/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

In the framework of the Magnetism in Massive Stars (MiMeS) project, a HARPSpol Large Program at the 3.6m-ESO telescope has recently started to collect high-resolution spectropolarimetric data of a large number of Southern massive OB stars in the field of the Galaxy and in many young clusters and associations. In this contribution, we present details of the HARPSpol survey, the first HARPSpol discoveries of magnetic fields in massive stars, and the magnetic properties of two previously known magnetic stars.

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