Magneto-seismic analysis of the magnetic pulsator β CMa
1 : Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven
(IvS)
Celestijnenlaan 200D BUS 2401 -
Belgium
2 : LESIA
Paris-Meudon Observatory
The seismic analysis of massive stars provides constraints on their stellar structure, since stellar pulsations serve as a diagnostic for their internal conditions. In case the star also hosts a stable large-scale magnetic field, observable at its surface, additional constraints can be obtained.
One such massive magnetic pulsator, observed by the BRITE constellation of nanosatellites and monitored by the ground-based BRITE spectropolarimetric survey, is the B1II/III star β CMa. Here, we present the magneto-seismic analysis of this weakly magnetic object, using BRITE photometric, spectropolarimetric, and archival spectroscopic data.