Grupo de Sistemas Estelares

Wade, Gregg A.; Grunhut, Jason H.; Marcolino, Wagner L. F.; Martins, Fabrice; Howarth, Ian D.; Nazé, Yael; Walborn, Nolan R.
Active OB stars: structure, evolution, mass loss, and critical limits, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 272, p. 220-221
07/2011

ABSTRACT

Only 5 Of?p stars have been identified in the Galaxy. Of these, 3 have been studied in detail, and within the past 5 years magnetic fields have been detected in each of them. The observed magnetic and spectral characteristics are indicative of organised magnetic fields, likely of fossil origin, confining their supersonic stellar winds into dense, structured magnetospheres. The systematic detection of magnetic fields in these stars strongly suggests that the Of?p stars represent a general class of magnetic O-type stars.