10-12 Jul 2017 Montpellier (France)
Studying stellar spin-down with Zeeman-Doppler magnetograms
Victor See  1@  , Moira Jardine  2, 3@  , Aline Vidotto  4, 5@  , Jean-Francois Donati  6, 7@  , Sudeshna Boro Saikia  8, 9@  , Rim Fares  10@  , Colin Folsom  6, 7@  , Elodie Hébrard  11@  , Sandra Jeffers  8, 9@  , Stephen Marsden  12, 13@  , Julien Morin  14, 15@  , Pascal Petit  7, 16@  , Ian Waite  12, 13@  
1 : University of Exeter
2 : SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, St Andrews
3 : University of St. Andrews
4 : University of St Andrews  -  Website
University of St Andrews St Andrews KY16 9AJ Fife Scotland, UK -  United Kingdom
5 : Trinity College Dublin
6 : Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie  (IRAP)
CNRS : UMR5277, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Université Paul Sabatier [UPS] - Toulouse III, Université Paul Sabatier (UPS) - Toulouse III
7 : University of Toulouse
University of Toulouse
8 : IAG, Goettingen
9 : University of Goettingen
10 : University of Catania
11 : University of York
12 : University of Southern Queensland  (USQ)
13 : University of Southern Queensland
14 : Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier  (LUPM)  -  Website
CNRS : UMR5299, Université Montpellier II - Sciences et techniques, IN2P3
Université de Montpellier II Place Eugène Bataillon - CC 72 34095 Montpellier Cédex 05 -  France
15 : University of Montpellier
University of Montpellier
16 : Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie  (IRAP)
CNRS : UMR5277, Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III

The rate at which low-mass stars lose angular momentum on the main sequence depends strongly on their magnetic characteristics. In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on how magnetic field geometry affects stellar spin down. This is a problem that Zeeman-Doppler imaging (ZDI) is well suited to addressing since it is capable of capturing the large-scale magnetic field structure at the stellar surface. In this talk I estimate the angular momentum-loss rates for a sample of stars that have had their magnetic fields mapped with ZDI. Additionally, I will discuss these results in the context of long term rotation period evolution.


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