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dc.contributorEuropean Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
dc.contributorSpecial Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhnii Arkhyz, 369167, Russia; Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 48 Pyatnitskaya St, 119017, Moscow, Russia
dc.contributorLeibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), An der Sternwarte 16, 14482, Potsdam, Germany
dc.contributorSpecial Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhnii Arkhyz, 369167, Russia
dc.contributorDepartment of Physics & Astronomy, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, N6A 3K7, Canada; Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh, BT61 9DG, UK
dc.contributorEuropean Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, 85748, Garching bei München, Germany
dc.contributor.authorMathys, G.
dc.contributor.authorRomanyuk, I. I.
dc.contributor.authorHubrig, S.
dc.contributor.authorKudryavtsev, D. O.
dc.contributor.authorLandstreet, J. D.
dc.contributor.authorSchöller, M.
dc.contributor.authorSemenko, E. A.
dc.contributor.authorYakunin, I. A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-21T11:03:15Z
dc.date.available2024-02-21T11:03:15Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/0004-6361/201834706
dc.identifier.doi10.48550/arXiv.1902.05869
dc.identifier.other2019arXiv190205869M
dc.identifier.otherastro-ph.SR
dc.identifier.other2019arXiv190205869M
dc.identifier.other10.48550/arXiv.1902.05869
dc.identifier.other2019A&A...624A..32M
dc.identifier.otherarXiv:1902.05869
dc.identifier.other10.1051/0004-6361/201834706
dc.identifier.other-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14302/1791
dc.description.abstractContext. The Ap stars that rotate extremely slowly, with periods of decades to centuries, represent one of the keys to the understanding of the processes leading to the differentiation of stellar rotation. <BR /> Aims: We characterise the variations of the magnetic field of the Ap star HD 50169 and derive constraints about its structure. <BR /> Methods: We combined published measurements of the mean longitudinal field ⟨B<SUB>z</SUB>⟩ of HD 50169 with new determinations of this field moment from circular spectropolarimetry obtained at the 6m telescope BTA of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences. For the mean magnetic field modulus ⟨B⟩, literature data were complemented by the analysis of ESO spectra, both newly acquired and from the archive. Radial velocities were also obtained from these spectra. <BR /> Results: We present the first determination of the rotation period of HD 50169, P<SUB>rot</SUB> = 29.04 ± 0.82 yr. HD 50169 is currently the longest-period Ap star for which magnetic field measurements have been obtained over more than a full cycle. The variation curves of both ⟨B<SUB>z</SUB>⟩ and ⟨B⟩ have a significant degree of anharmonicity, and there is a definite phase shift between their respective extrema. We confirm that HD 50169 is a wide spectroscopic binary, refine its orbital elements, and suggest that the secondary is probably a dwarf star of spectral type M. <BR /> Conclusions: The shapes and mutual phase shifts of the derived magnetic variation curves unquestionably indicate that the magnetic field of HD 50169 is not symmetric about an axis passing through its centre. Overall, HD 50169 appears similar to the bulk of the long-period Ap stars. <P />Based on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory under ESO Programmes 62.L-0867, 64.L-0443, and 2100.D-5013; on observations collected at the 6-m telescope BTA of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences; and on data products from observations made with ESO Telescopes at the La Silla Paranal Observatory under programmes 68.D-0254, 74.C-0102, 75.C-0234, 76.C-0073, 79.C-0170, 80.C-0032, 81.C-0034, and 82.C-0308.
dc.publisherAstronomy and Astrophysics
dc.titleVariation of the magnetic field of the Ap star HD 50169 over its 29-year rotation period
dc.typearticle
dc.source.journalA&A
dc.source.journalA&A...624
dc.source.volume624
refterms.dateFOA2024-02-21T11:03:15Z
dc.identifier.bibcode2019A&A...624A..32M


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