Magnetic Field of the Active Planet-hosting M Dwarf AU Mic
Oleg Kochukhov, Ansgar Reiners

TL;DR
This study provides a detailed analysis of AU Mic's magnetic field, revealing a complex structure with both weaker and stronger components, crucial for understanding its planetary environment.
Contribution
First detailed magnetic field characterization of AU Mic using spectropolarimetric data, revealing a non-axisymmetric and a strong axisymmetric dipolar component.
Findings
Detection of circular and linear polarization signatures.
Identification of a non-axisymmetric surface-averaged field of about 90 G.
Evidence of a stronger approximately 2 kG axisymmetric dipolar field.
Abstract
AU Mic is a young, very active M dwarf star with a debris disk and at least one transiting Neptune-size planet. Here we present detailed analysis of the magnetic field of AU Mic based on previously unpublished high-resolution optical and near-infrared spectropolarimetric observations. We report a systematic detection of circular and linear polarization signatures in the stellar photospheric lines. Tentative Zeeman Doppler imaging modeling of the former data suggests a non-axisymmetric global field with a surface-averaged strength of about 90 G. At the same time, linear polarization observations indicate the presence of a much stronger 2 kG axisymmetric dipolar field, which contributes no circular polarization signal due to the equator-on orientation of AU Mic. A separate Zeeman broadening and intensification analysis allowed us to determine a mean field modulus of 2.3 and 2.1…
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