CAOSP abstracts, Volume: 48, No.: 1, year: 2018

Author(s): Bagnulo, S.; Landstreet, J.D.; Martin, A.J.; Valyavin, G.
Journal: Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso, vol. 48, no. 1, p. 236-244.
Date: 1/2018
Title: A high-precision survey of magnetic white dwarfs
Keyword(s): polarization, stars: white dwarfs, stars: magnetic field
Pages: 236 -- 244

Abstract: We have carried out a survey of magnetic fields in 60 bright white dwarfs. Our observations have a mean uncertainty of about 0.5 kG. The large sample and high accuracy of our measurements allows us to obtain a clearer picture of the frequency of magnetic fields in degenerate stars, and shows that even relatively weak fields are in fact quite rare in white dwarfs.

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