Asteroseismology reveals the near-core magnetic field strength in the early-B star HD 43317

Abstract

Spectropolarimetic campaigns have established that large-scale magnetic fields are present at the surfaces of approximately 10% of massive dwarf stars. However, there is a dearth of magnetic field measurements for their deep interiors. Asteroseismology of gravity-mode pulsations combined with rotating magneto-hydrodynamical calculations of the early-B main-sequence star HD 43317 constrain its magnetic field strength to be approximately $5\times 10^5$ G just outside its convective core. This proof-of-concept study for magneto-asteroseismology opens a new window into the observational characterisation of magnetic fields inside massive stars.

Authors' submitted version of contributed talk proceedings paper for IAU Symposium 361: Massive Stars Near and Far, held in Ballyconnell, Ireland, 9-13 May 2022