Magnetic OB[A] Stars with TESS: probing their Evolutionary and Rotational properties (MOBSTER) – I. First-light observations of known magnetic B and A stars

Author:

David-Uraz A1ORCID,Neiner C2ORCID,Sikora J34,Bowman D M5ORCID,Petit V1,Chowdhury S6,Handler G6,Pergeorelis M1,Cantiello M78,Cohen D H9,Erba C1,Keszthelyi Z34,Khalack V10,Kobzar O10,Kochukhov O11,Labadie-Bartz J12,Lovekin C C13,MacInnis R1,Owocki S P1,Pablo H14ORCID,Shultz M E1,ud-Doula A15,Wade G A4,

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA

2. LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Univ. Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 5 place Jules Janssen, F-92195 Meudon, France

3. Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada

4. Department of Physics and Space Physics, Royal Military College of Canada, PO Box 17000 Kingston, ON K7K 7B4, Canada

5. Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium

6. Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Bartycka 18, PL-00-716 Warszawa, Poland

7. Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute, 162 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA

8. Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

9. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA

10. Département de Physique et d’Astronomie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB E1A 3E9, Canada

11. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, SE-75120, Uppsala, Sweden

12. Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1226, Cidade Universitária, 05508-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

13. Physics Department, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1E6, Canada

14. AAVSO Headquarters, 49 Bay State Rd., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

15. Penn State Scranton, 120 Ridge View Drive, Dunmore, PA 18512, USA

Abstract

Abstract In this paper we introduce the MOBSTER collaboration and lay out its scientific goals. We present first results based on the analysis of 19 previously known magnetic O, B, and A stars observed in 2-min cadence in sectors 1 and 2 of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission. We derive precise rotational periods from the newly obtained light curves and compare them to previously published values. We also discuss the overall photometric phenomenology of the known magnetic massive and intermediate-mass stars and propose an observational strategy to augment this population by taking advantage of the high-quality observations produced by TESS.

Funder

Danish National Research Foundation

Ecological Society of Australia Incorporated

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

European Research Council

National Science Foundation

Narodowym Centrum Nauki

Foundation for Research Support of the State of São Paulo

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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