Discovery of a weak magnetic field in the photosphere of the single giant Pollux

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 504, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 231-237

  Auriere M ^a   Wade, G A ^b   Konstantinova Antova, R ^c   Charbonnel, C ^a,e   Catala, C ^d   Weiss, W W ^f   Roudier, T ^a   Petit, P ^a   Donati, J F ^a   Alecian, E ^d   Cabanac, R ^a   Van Eck, S ^g   Folsom, C P ^h   Power, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^h ARMAGH OBSERVATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Stars: Late type; Stars: Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION LINES; DECONVOLUTION METHOD; DIRECT DETECTION; EFFECTS OF ROTATION; EVOLUTIONARY MODELS; EXOPLANET; GIANT STARS; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; LEAST SQUARE; LONGITUDINAL FIELDS; LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC ACTIVITY; SPECTRAL LINE; SPECTROPOLARIMETERS; STARS: LATE-TYPE; STARS: MAGNETIC FIELDS; STELLAR EVOLUTIONS; STELLAR RADIAL VELOCITY; WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS;

CALCIUM; FADING (RADIO); MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROSCOPY; STARS;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 70149083648     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912050     Document Type: Article

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