Abstract
A small fraction of intermediate-mass main sequence (A and B type) stars have strong, organised magnetic fields. The large majority of such stars, however, show no evidence for magnetic fields, even when observed with very high precision. In this paper we describe a simple model, motivated by qualitatively new observational results, that provides a natural physical explanation for the small fraction of observed magnetic stars.
| Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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| Title of host publication | Solar polarization 5 in honor of Jan Olof Stenflo : proceedings of a workshop held at Centro Stefano Franscini-Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, 17-21 September 2007 |
| Editors | Svetlana V. Berdyugina, K. N. Nagendra, Renzo Ramelli |
| Place of Publication | San Francisco |
| Publisher | Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
| Pages | 499-504 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 17 Sept 2007 |