Zeeman-Doppler imaging of II Peg
Abstract
We present Zeeman-Doppler images of the active K2 star II Peg for the years 2004 and 2007. The surface magnetic field was reconstructed with our new ZDI code iMap which provides a full polarized radiative transfer driven inversion to simultaneously reconstruct the surface temperature and magnetic vector field distribution. II Peg shows a remarkable large scale magnetic field structure for both years. The magnetic field is predominantly located at high latitudes and is arranged in active longitudes. A dramatic evolution in the magnetic field structure is visible for the two years, where a dominant and largely unipolar field in 2004 has changed into two distinct and large scale bipolar structures in 2007.
- Publication:
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Cosmic Magnetic Fields: From Planets, to Stars and Galaxies
- Pub Date:
- April 2009
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0903.1016
- Bibcode:
- 2009IAUS..259..437C
- Keywords:
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- Stars: activity;
- stars: magnetic fields;
- stars: spots;
- radiative transfer;
- methods: data analysis;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Proceedings of IAU Symposium 259, Cosmic Magnetic Fields: from Planets, to Stars and Galaxies Ed.: K. G. Strassmeier, A. G. Kosovichev, J. Beckmann