HUNTING THE RG DESCENDANTS OF Ap STARS Michel Aurière Renada Konstantinova-Antova Corinne Charbonnel Sophie Van Eck Pascal Petit Svetla Tsvetkova et al.
Ap stars Magnetic Ap/Bp stars Slow rotators Chemically peculiar Strong large scale MF (of fossil origin ?) Progenitors of magnetic white dwarves ? About 2-5 % of A-type stars A dozen of Ap star descendants inside D<100 pc from sun ? Could be outstanding magnetically active slow rotators
THE HISTORICAL CASE EK ERI = HR1362 (Stepien 1993) - G8 III-IV - Very magnetically active in X-rays (~10 30 ergs/s), CaII H&K in emission, photometric variability... - Slow rotator: Prot = d - Suspected to be an Ap-star descendant - Rossby number ~ 2
EKERI: V, V-I PHOTOMETRY (Dall et al. 2010)
EKERI: LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIC FIELD
EK ERI : Variations of Bl with phase
EK ERI ZDI MAP A Dominant Magnetic Dipole
EK ERI : A DOMINANT MAGNETIC DIPOLE i = 60° beta = 45° Bmax = 200 G Axisymetry: 79 % Poloidal: 98% Dipolar: 90% Quadripolar : 6% magnetic/photometric spot = negative pole of the dipole = remnant from Ap-star dipole?
14 CET : The Outstanding F Star F5IV Studied during 25 years by the HK survey (M cycle of 5 y?) Vsini < 4-5 km/s Zeeman detected : Bl~ -30 G Known magnetic F * : Fp or later than F7
14 CET Evolutionary models of Charbonnel and Lagarde 2010
14 CET : Be abundance
14 CET : Vrot
VARIATIONS OF Bl OF 14 CET July-November 2011
STRENGTH OF MF VERSUS Prot
Beta Ceti K0III M ~ 3M_sun During 1 st DUP Activity of a star of Prot about d Prot ~ 120d
Beta Ceti : Bl variations (Tsvetkova et al. 2012)
Beta Ceti Prot=128 d Tsvetkova et al seasons
Beta Ceti : ZDI MAP (Tsvetkova et al. 2012) Prot = 128 d No Diff. Rot. i = 42° Pol. at 95% Dip. 62% Axi : 62% Bmean = 12 G
Ap STAR DESCENDANTS PRESENT STATUS OF OBSERVATIONS - CP wipped out - 3 stars with outstanding MF (2 with polo. topology) - Other active « slow rotators » have MF strength coherent with Prot (look to their MF topology) TO LOOK TO RG WITH VERY WEAK MF AND VERY LONG PERIODS
HISTOGRAM OF Prot
POLLUX : HD K0 III - Pvrad = d : hosted planet? - Weak X-ray luminosity (solar level) - Rossby number ~ > 2 ?
POLLUX: VARIATIONS OF RV AND Bl
THE MODELISATION SIDE TO STUDY THE INTERACTION OF : - A RIGID MAGNETIC FIELD - CONVECTION DONE MAINLY IN THE SOLAR CASE EVOLVING Ap STARS = EXCELLENT LABORATORY ? !
INTERACTION BETWEEN CONVECTION AND MF Cattaneo et al. 2003
SUN + FOSSIL MF Strugarek et al Base of the CE : 0.72 R_sun Dipolar fossil MF buried deep in the radiative interior. The dipolar fossil MF spreads into the CE !
FUTURE WORK - TO STUDY THE ZDI TOPOLOGY OF SLOW ROTATORS - STABLE RV VARIATIONS VERSUS PLANETS/STABLE MF TOPOLOGY - MODELING EVOLUTION OF SLOW ROTATORS WITH MAGNETIC BRAKING - MODELING OF A DIPOLE /CONVECTION INTERACTION
POLLUX : DETECTION OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD
EK ERI: HRD + EVOLUTIONARY MODELS (of Charbonnel and Lagarde 2010)