PolStar -- An Explorer-Class FUV Spectropolarimetry Mission to Map the Environments of Massive Stars
Paul Scowen, Richard Ignace, Coralie Neiner (OBSPM), Gregg Wade, Matt, Beasley, Jon Bjorkman, Jean-Claude Bouret (LAM), Roberto Casini, Tanausu del, Pino Alem\'an, Samantha Edgington, Ken Gayley, Ed Guinan, Jennifer Hoffman,, Ian Howarth, Tony Hull, Rafael Manso Sainz, Yael Naze
TL;DR
PolStar is a proposed FUV spectropolarimetry mission aimed at mapping the magnetic and wind environments of massive stars to improve understanding of their rotation and mass loss processes.
Contribution
It introduces a novel space mission concept utilizing FUV spectropolarimetry to study massive stars' environments for the first time.
Findings
First measurements of magnetic fields around massive stars in FUV.
Constraints on stellar rotation and mass loss models.
Enhanced understanding of massive star evolution.
Abstract
PolStar is an Explorer-class far ultraviolet (FUV) spectropolarimetry mission designed to target massive stars and their environments. PolStar will take advantage of resonance lines only available in the FUV to measure for the first time the magnetic and wind environment around massive stars to constrain models of rotation and mass loss.
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Taxonomy
TopicsStellar, planetary, and galactic studies · Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies · Astronomy and Astrophysical Research