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Infrared Measurements of Stellar Magnetic Fields
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2017
Abstract
I review the advantages, techniques, and results of measurement of magnetic fields on cool stars in the infrared (IR). These measurements have generated several important results, including the following: the first data on the magnetic parameters of dMe and RS CVn variables; evidence for field strength confinement by photospheric gas pressure; support for the correlation between magnetic flux and rotation, with possible saturation at high rotation rates; indications of horizontal and/or vertical magnetic field structure; and evidence of spatial variations in B over a stellar surface. I discuss these results in detail, and suggest future directions for IR magnetic field research.
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- Part 5: Magnetic Fields and Infrared Magnetometry
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 154: Infrared Solar Physics , 1994 , pp. 437 - 447
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1994
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