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A search for magnetic stars in late stages of stellar evolution

V. G. Elkin

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9805228

Abstract

Two types of stars are known to have strong, large scale magnetic fields: the main sequence Ap stars and the magnetic white dwarfs. This suggest that the former might be the progenitors of the latter. In order to test this idea, I have carried out a search for large scale magnetic fields in stars with evolutionary states which are intermediate, i.e. in Horizontal Branch stars and in hot subdwarfs.

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