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Differential Rotation In Magnetic Chemically Peculiar Stars, Zdeněk Mikulášek, Jiří Krtička, Ernst Paunzen, Michal Švanda, Stefan Hummerich, Klaus Bernhard, Miroslav Jagelka, Jan Janík, Gregory W. Henry, Matthew E. Shultz
Differential Rotation In Magnetic Chemically Peculiar Stars, Zdeněk Mikulášek, Jiří Krtička, Ernst Paunzen, Michal Švanda, Stefan Hummerich, Klaus Bernhard, Miroslav Jagelka, Jan Janík, Gregory W. Henry, Matthew E. Shultz
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Magnetic chemically peculiar (mCP) stars constitute about 10% of upper-main-sequence stars and are characterized by strong magnetic fields and abnormal photospheric abundances of some chemical elements. Most of them exhibit strictly periodic light, magnetic, radio, and spectral variations that can be fully explained by a rigidly rotating main-sequence star with persistent surface structures and a stable global magnetic field. Long-term observations of the phase curves of these variations enable us to investigate possible surface differential rotation with unprecedented accuracy and reliability. The analysis of the phase curves in the best-observed mCP stars indicates that the location and the contrast of …