Poster Talk abstract details

Magnetic geometries of Sun-like stars: exploring the mass-rotation plane
P. Petit (OMP), B. Dintrans (OMP), M. Auriere (OMP), C. Catala (LESIA), J.-F. Donati (OMP), R. Fares (OMP), T. Gastine (OMP), F. Lignières (OMP), J. Morin (OMP), F. Paletou (OMP), J. Ramirez (LESIA), S.K. Solanki (MPS), S. Theado (OMP)

Abstract

Sun-like stars are able to continuously generate a large-scale magnetic field through the action of a dynamo. Various physical parameters of the star are able to affect the dynamo output, in particular the rotation and mass. Using new generation stellar spectropolarimeters (ESPaDOnS@CFHT, NARVAL@TBL), it is now possible to measure the large-scale magnetic field of solar analogues (i.e. stars very close to the Sun in the mass-rotation plane, including strict solar twins). From spectropolarimetric time-series, tomographic inversion enables one to reconstruct the field geometry and its progressive distortion under the effect of surface differential rotation. I will detail the first results obtained on a sample of main-sequence dwarfs, probing masses between 0.7 and 1.4 solar mass and rotation rates between 1 and 3 solar rotation rate.