| Issue |
A&A
Volume 392, Number 1, September II 2002
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| Page(s) | L17 - L20 | |
| Section | Letters | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021084 | |
| Published online | 22 August 2002 | |
Letter to the Editor
No magnetic field variations with pulsation phase in the classical Cepheid star η Aquilae*
1
Department of Physics, Royal Military College of Canada, PO Box 17000, Station “Forces”, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7K 4B4
2
Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, UMR 6528, BP 4229, 06304 Nice Cedex 04, France
3
European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 3107 Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
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Department of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7
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Institut für Astronomie, Universität Wien, Türkenschanzstrasse 17, 1180 Wien, Austria
Corresponding author: G. A. Wade, Gregg.Wade@rmc.ca
Received:
23
May
2002
We report new high resolution Stokes V spectropolarimetry and ultra-high precision longitudinal magnetic field measurements of the pulsating classical Cepheid η Aql which fail to corroborate the report by Plachinda ([CITE]) of a ~100 G magnetic field in this star.
Key words: stars: atmospheres / stars: variable: δ Cep / stars: individual: η Aql / stars: magnetic fields / polarisation
© ESO, 2002
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