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Measuring surface magnetic fields of red supergiant stars

Measuring surface magnetic fields of red supergiant stars

RSG stars are very massive cool evolved stars. Recently, a weak magnetic field was measured at the surface of $\alpha$ Ori and this is so far the only M-type supergiant for which a direct detection of a surface magnetic field has been reported. By extending the search for surface magnetic …