Searching for Links Between Magnetic Field and Stellar Evolution: a Survey of Magnetic Stars in Open Clusters with FORS1 at the VLT
Abstract
We outline a diagnostic technique for stellar magnetic fields based on spectropolarimetry of H Balmer lines. We present preliminary results of a survey of magnetic stars in open clusters carried out with FORS1 at the ESO VLT, aimed at examining the characteristics of the magnetic fields of intermediate-mass stars as they evolve onto and across the main sequence.
- Publication:
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Astronomical Polarimetry: Current Status and Future Directions
- Pub Date:
- December 2005
- Bibcode:
- 2005ASPC..343..369B