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The magnetic field and rotational period of 53 Camelopardalis |
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| Authors: | Hill Bohlender Landstreet Wade Manset & Bastien |
| Institution: | Physics and Astronomy Department, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 3K7, Canada,;Dept. de Physique and Observatoire du Mont Mégantic, CP 6128, Succ. A, Universitéde Montréal, PQ, H3C 3J7, Canada,;Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, National Research Council, 5071 West Saanich Road, Victoria, BC, V8X 4M6, Canada,;Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope, PO Box 1597, Kamuela, HI 96743, USA |
| Abstract: | The magnetic Ap star 53 Cam has been described as the best object for testing theories of elemental diffusion in the presence of a stellar magnetic field. It is thus vital to determine the rotational period of this very important star as accurately as possible. An improved period (8.026 81±0.000 04 d) is derived here by combining new measurements of the effective magnetic field with previously published values. |
| Keywords: | stars: chemically peculiar stars: individual: HD 65339 stars: magnetic fields |