# Discovery of kilogauss magnetic fields on the nearby white dwarfs WD1105-340 and WD2150+591

## TL;DR

This study reports the discovery of new kilogauss magnetic fields on two nearby white dwarfs, expanding the sample of known weak-field white dwarfs and providing insights into their magnetic structures and evolution.

## Contribution

The paper presents the first detection of kG-level magnetic fields on WD1105-340 and WD2150+591, adding to the small sample of such stars and analyzing their magnetic topology.

## Key findings

- Discovered kG magnetic fields on two nearby white dwarfs.
- Surface magnetic structures may be more complex in older white dwarfs.
- Data suggest roughly dipolar magnetic field topology.

## Abstract

Magnetic fields are present in roughly 10% of white dwarfs. These fields affect the structure and evolution of such stars, and may provide clues about their earlier evolution history. Particularly important for statistical studies is the collection of high-precision spectropolarimetric observations of (1) complete magnitude-limited samples and (2) complete volume-limited samples of white dwarfs. In the course of one of our surveys we have discovered previously unknown kG-level magnetic fields on two nearby white dwarfs, WD1105-340 and WD2150+591. Both stars are brighter than m_V = 15. WD2150+591 is within the 20-pc volume around the Sun, while WD1105-340 is just beyond 25 pc in distance. These discoveries increase the small sample of such weak-field white dwarfs from 21 to 23 stars. Our data appear consistent with roughly dipolar field topology, but it also appears that the surface field structure may be more complex on the older star than on the younger one, a result similar to one found earlier in our study of the weak-field stars WD2034+372 and WD2359-434. This encourages further efforts to uncover a clear link between magnetic morphology and stellar evolution.