THE LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIC-FIELD OF PROCYON

Authors
BEDFORD DK CHAPLIN WJ INNIS JL ISAAK GR MCLEOD CP SPEAKE CC
Citation
Dk. Bedford et al., THE LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIC-FIELD OF PROCYON, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 269(3), 1994, pp. 639-640
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358711
Volume
269
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
639 - 640
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(1994)269:3<639:TLMOP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
An upper limit of 4.3 G (3 sigma) on the longitudinal magnetic field, and its variation, of the bright star Procyon is placed by the extende d measurement of the circular polarization in the blue and red wings o f the 770-nm absorption line of neutral potassium.