• S. Hubrig
  • A. F. Kholtygin
  • M. Schoeller
  • R. I. Anderson
  • S. Saesen
  • J. F. Gonzalez
  • I. Ilyin
  • M. Briquet
Our recent search for the presence of a magnetic field in the bright early A-type supergiant HD 92207 using FORS 2 in spectropolarimetric mode revealed the presence of a longitudinal magnetic field of the order of a few hundred Gauss. However, the definite confirmation of the magnetic nature of this object remained pending due to the detection of short-term spectral variability probably affecting the position of line profiles in left- and right-hand polarized spectra. We present new magnetic field measurements of HD 92207 obtained on three different epochs in 2013 and 2014 using FORS 2 in spectropolarimetric mode. A 3σ detection of the mean longitudinal magnetic field using the entire spectrum, _all=104±34 G, was achieved in observations obtained in 2014 January. At this epoch, the position of the spectral lines appeared stable. Our analysis of spectral line shapes recorded in opposite circularly polarized light, i.e. in light with opposite sense of rotation, reveals that line profiles in the light polar
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages10
JournalAstronomische Nachrichten
Volume336
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

    Research areas

  • stars, spectra, magnetic field, stars:individual:HD 92207

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