${\xi }^1$ CMa: An Extremely Slowly Rotating Magnetic B0.7 IV Star

Abstract

We present our analysis of 6 years of ESPaDOnS spectropolarimetry of the magnetic $\beta$ Cep star ${\xi }^1$ CMa (B0.7 IV). This high-precision magnetometry is consistent with a rotational period $P\mathrm{rot}>$ 40 yr. Absorption line profiles can be reproduced with a non-rotating model. We constrain $R_{\ast }$, $L_{\ast }$, and the stellar age via a Baade-Wesselink analysis. Spindown due to angular momentum loss via the magnetosphere predicts an extremely long rotational period if the magnetic dipole $B_{\mathrm{d}}>6$ kG, a strength also inferred by the best-fit sinusoids to the longitudinal magnetic field measurements $B_{\mathrm{Z}}$ when phased with a 60-year $P_{\mathrm{rot}}$.

2 pages, 1 figure, proceedings of the IAU Symposium 307 held in Geneva in June 2014

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