Exploring the photometric signatures of magnetospheres around helium-strong stars
Exploring the photometric signatures of magnetospheres around helium-strong stars
Photometric variations due to magnetically confined material around helium-strong stars are investigated within the framework of the rigidly rotating magnetosphere model. For dipole field topologies, the model is used to explore how the morphology of light curves evolves in response to changes to the observer inclination, magnetic obliquity, rotation rate …