Progress on Magnetism in Massive Stars (MiMeS)
Abstract
We present the MiMeS project, which aims at studying all aspects of magnetism in massive stars to understand their characteristics, origin, incidence, evolution, and impact on other physical processes. We show examples of recent observational results obtained within this project on pulsating B stars (β Cephei and SPB stars) as well as Herbig Ae/Be stars. Recent theoretical progress obtained within MiMeS on the configuration and stability of magnetic fields is also summarized.
- Publication:
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SF2A-2011: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- December 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011sf2a.conf..509N
- Keywords:
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- stars: early-type;
- stars: magnetic fields