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EAS Publications Series
Volume 82, 2019
Astro Fluid: An International Conference in Memory of Professor Jean-Paul Zahn's Great Scientific Achievements
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| Page(s) | 345 - 355 | |
| Section | Convection and Magnetism | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1982030 | |
| Published online | 21 June 2019 | |
A.S. Brun, S. Mathis, C. Charbonnel and B. Dubrulle (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 82 (2019) 345-355
Fossil magnetic fields in intermediate-mass and massive stars
1 University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, 38000 Grenoble, France
2 Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada
3 European Southern Observatory, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
4 LESIA, Obs. de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne University, UPMC University Paris 06, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 92195 Meudon, France
5 Department of Physics, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON, K7K 7B4, Canada
A small fraction of the population of intermediate-mass and massive stars host strong and stable magnetic fields organised on large scales. These fields are believed to be remnants of star formation. It is however not clear how such fossil fields have been shaped during their formation and subsequent evolution. We report recent and ongoing studies on the magnetic properties of pre-main sequence stars and main sequence binaries, allowing us to make progress in this field.
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