Magnetic Doppler Imaging of Active Stars

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel magnetic Doppler imaging technique that simultaneously models all four Stokes parameters and combines optical and infrared spectral data to map magnetic fields and temperature structures in active star surfaces.

Contribution

The new method uniquely models individual spectral features across all Stokes parameters and integrates optical and infrared data for detailed magnetic and temperature mapping.

Findings

Enhanced magnetic field mapping in starspots.

Ability to analyze magnetic fields in starspot interiors.

Improved modeling of spectral lines in multiple wavelengths.

Abstract

We present a new implementation of the magnetic Doppler imaging technique, which aims at self-consistent temperature and magnetic mapping of the surface structures in cool active stars. Our magnetic imaging procedure is unique in its capability to model individual spectral features in all four Stokes parameters. We discuss performance and intrinsic limitations of the new magnetic Doppler imaging method. A special emphasis is given to the simultaneous modelling of the magnetically sensitive lines in the optical and infrared regions and to combining information from both atomic and molecular spectral features. These two techniques may, for the first time, give us a tool to study magnetic fields in the starspot interiors.