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The MiMeS project: overview and current status

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2011

Gregg A. Wade ,
Evelyne Alecian ,
David A. Bohlender ,
Jean-Claude Bouret ,
David H. Cohen ,
Vincent Duez ,
Marc Gagné ,
Jason H. Grunhut ,
Huib F. Henrichs  and
Nick R. Hill
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Gregg A. Wade
Affiliation:
Kingston, Canada
Evelyne Alecian
Affiliation:
LOAG, France
David A. Bohlender
Affiliation:
HIA, Canada
Jean-Claude Bouret
Affiliation:
LAM, France
David H. Cohen
Affiliation:
Swarthmore, USA
Vincent Duez
Affiliation:
Argelander, Germany
Marc Gagné
Affiliation:
West Chester, USA
Jason H. Grunhut
Affiliation:
Kingston, Canada
Huib F. Henrichs
Affiliation:
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nick R. Hill
Affiliation:
Madison, USA
Oleg Kochukhov
Affiliation:
Uppsala, Sweden
Stéphane Mathis
Affiliation:
CEA, France
Coralie Neiner
Affiliation:
Paris Observatory, France
Mary E. Oksala
Affiliation:
Delaware, USA
Stan Owocki
Affiliation:
Delaware, USA
Véronique Petit
Affiliation:
West Chester, USA
Matthew Shultz
Affiliation:
Kingston, Canada
Thomas Rivinius
Affiliation:
ESO, Chile
Richard H. D. Townsend
Affiliation:
Madison, USA
Jorick S. Vink
Affiliation:
Armagh, UK
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Abstract

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The Magnetism in Massive Stars (MiMeS) Project is a consensus collaboration among many of the foremost international researchers of the physics of hot, massive stars, with the basic aim of understanding the origin, evolution and impact of magnetic fields in these objects. At the time of writing, MiMeS Large Programs have acquired over 950 high-resolution polarised spectra of about 150 individual stars with spectral types from B5-O4, discovering new magnetic fields in a dozen hot, massive stars. The quality of this spectral and magnetic matériel is very high, and the Collaboration is keen to connect with colleagues capable of exploiting the data in new or unforeseen ways. In this paper we review the structure of the MiMeS observing programs and report the status of observations, data modeling and development of related theory.

Keywords

stars: magnetic fieldsstars: early-typestars: formationstars: evolutionstars: windsoutflowstechniques: polarimetric
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Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S272: Active OB stars: structure, evolution, mass loss, and critical limits , July 2010 , pp. 118 - 123
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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