Surface differential rotation and photospheric magnetic field of the young solar-type star HD 171488 (V889 Her)
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Article Title | Surface differential rotation and photospheric magnetic field of the young solar-type star HD 171488 (V889 Her) |
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ERA Journal ID | 1074 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Marsden, S. C. (Author), Donati, J.-F. (Author), Semel, M. (Author), Petit, P. (Author) and Carter, B. D. (Author) |
Journal Title | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Journal Citation | 370 (1), pp. 468-476 |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2006 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0035-8711 |
1365-2966 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10503.x |
Web Address (URL) | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/370/1/468/1028756 |
Abstract | We present spectropolarimetric observations of the young, single early G-dwarf HD 171488. These observations were obtained over a five-night period in 2004 September at the 3.9-m Anglo-Australian Telescope using the SEMPOL spectropolarimeter visitor instrument. Using the technique of least-squares deconvolution to increase the signal-to-noise ratio of the data, we have applied Zeeman Doppler imaging to reconstruct brightness and magnetic surface topologies of the star. The brightness image shows a large polar spot with weaker low- to mid-latitude features, confirming an earlier Doppler imaging observation. The reconstruction of the surface magnetic field shows regions of radial field at all latitudes (except near the pole) and regions of azimuthal field predominantly at high latitudes (60°-70°), with the azimuthal field almost forming a ring around the polar regions. We have incorporated a solar-like differential rotation law into the imaging process to determine the surface differential rotation of cool spots on HD 171488. This gives an equatorial rotation rate of 1.313 ± 0.004 d and a surface shear of dΩ= 0.402 ± 0.044 rad d−1. This means that the equator of HD 171488 laps the poles every ∼16 ± 2 d and that HD 171488 has a photospheric shear approximately seven times the solar value. This is the largest measurement of surface differential rotation yet obtained using the Doppler imaging method and is over twice the value of previously observed early G-dwarfs. |
Keywords | stars; activity; imaging; magnetic fields; spots; HD171488; |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 519999. Other physical sciences not elsewhere classified |
Public Notes | This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2006 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. |
Byline Affiliations | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland |
Institute for Research in Astrophysics and Planetology, France | |
Laboratory of Space Science and Astrophysical Instrumentation, France | |
Max Planck Society, Germany | |
Department of Biological and Physical Sciences |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y506/surface-differential-rotation-and-photospheric-magnetic-field-of-the-young-solar-type-star-hd-171488-v889-her
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