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Magnetic massive stars in star forming regions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2020

Swetlana Hubrig ,
Markus Schöller  and
Silva P. Järvinen
Swetlana Hubrig
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), An der Sternwarte 16, 14482Potsdam, Germany email: shubrig@aip.de, sjarvinen@aip.de
Markus Schöller
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, 85748Garching, Germany email: mschoell@eso.org
Silva P. Järvinen
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), An der Sternwarte 16, 14482Potsdam, Germany email: shubrig@aip.de, sjarvinen@aip.de
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Abstract

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One idea for the origin of magnetic fields in massive stars suggests that the magnetic field is the fossil remnant of the Galactic ISM magnetic field, amplified during the collapse of the magnetised gas cloud. A search for the presence of magnetic fields in massive stars located in active sites of star formation led to the detection of rather strong magnetic fields in a few young stars. Future spectropolarimetric observations are urgently needed to obtain insights into the mechanisms that drive the generation of kG magnetic fields during high-mass star formation.

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Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 14 , Symposium A30: Astronomy in Focus XXX , August 2018 , pp. 132
Copyright
© International Astronomical Union 2020

References

Hubrig, S., et al., 2018, AN, 339, 72 Google Scholar