Using ZDI maps to determine magnetic forces and torques at the photospheres of early-type stars

Author(s)MacDonald, James
Author(s)Natan, Tali
Author(s)Petit, Véronique
Author(s)Kochukhov, Oleg
Author(s)Shultz, Matthew E.
Date Accessioned2024-05-14T20:14:20Z
Date Available2024-05-14T20:14:20Z
Publication Date2024-04-30
DescriptionThis article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1030
AbstractWe use the magnetic field components measured by Zeeman Doppler imaging (ZDI) to calculate the stellar surface force and torque due to magnetic stresses for the fast rotators σ Ori E, 36 Lyn, and CU Vir, and the slow rotator τ Sco. If we assume the stars have spherical photospheres, the estimated torques give spin-down time-scales no larger than 7 × 105 yr. For σ Ori E, the predicted spin-down time-scale, ≃ 6000 yr, is much less than the observationally measured time-scale of ≃ 106 yr. However, for CU Vir, we find that the spin-down time-scale from its ZDI map is 7 × 105 yr in good agreement with its average rate of spin-down from 1960 to 2010. With the exception of τ Sco, the net force due to magnetic stresses at the stellar surface are large compared to the surface-integrated pressure. We discuss possible reasons for the large values of the forces (and torques), and suggest that the likely explanation is that rotation and the magnetic stresses create significant departures from spherical symmetry.
SponsorThis research is supported in part by NSF Grant number AST-2108455 (VP and JM), NASA National Space Grant number NNX15AI19H (JM), the University of Delaware Annie Jump Cannon Fund (MES), and the Swedish Research Council grants 2019–03548 and 2023–03667 (OK). VP thanks Aline Vidotto for informative discussions. We thank the anonymous referee for comments that lead to improvement of the manuscript.
CitationJames MacDonald, Tali Natan, Véronique Petit, Oleg Kochukhov, Matthew E Shultz, Using ZDI maps to determine magnetic forces and torques at the photospheres of early-type stars, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 530, Issue 3, May 2024, Pages 2840–2851, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1030
ISSN1365-2966
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/34406
Languageen_US
PublisherMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Keywordsstars: early-type
Keywordsstars: magnetic field
Keywordsstars: rotation
TitleUsing ZDI maps to determine magnetic forces and torques at the photospheres of early-type stars
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