Up and downs of a magnetic oblique rotator viewed at high resolution

Y. Nazé, S. A. Zhekov, A. ud-Doula
2016 Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union  
In 2006, the Of?p star HD191612 became the second O-star where a magnetic field was discovered. It provided a benchmark to understand the Of?p phenomenon as a whole. Ten years later, an X-ray monitoring performed at high-resolution reveals the behaviour of the hottest magnetospheric plasma: it is located at ~ 2R ⊙, hot but not extreme (log(T) ~ 7), producing unshifted lines, and displaying a very repetitive variability. A direct comparison with simulations yields an overall good agreement, with only a few further improvements needed.
doi:10.1017/s1743921317001119 fatcat:tle4uyyxlbfntepl7f3gjdah4u