PolStar - An Explorer-Class FUV Spectropolarimetry Mission to Map the Environments of Massive Stars

Paul Scowen , Richard Ignace , Coralie Neiner (1) , Gregg Wade , Matt Beasley , Jon Bjorkman , Jean-Claude Bouret (2) , Roberto Casini , Tanausu del Pino Alemán , Samantha Edgington , Ken Gayley , Ed Guinan , Jennifer Hoffman , Ian Howarth , Tony Hull , Rafael Manso Sainz , Yael Naze , Alison Nordt , Stan Owocki , Steve Petrinec , Raman Prinja , Hugues Sana , Matt Shultz , William Sparks , Nicole St-Louis , Clem Tillier , Javier Trujillo Bueno , Gopal Vasudevan , Bob Woodruff

1 OBSPM - Observatoire de Paris - Site de Meudon
2 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille

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.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR]

Paul Scowen, Richard Ignace, Coralie Neiner, Gregg Wade, Matt Beasley, et al.. PolStar - An Explorer-Class FUV Spectropolarimetry Mission to Map the Environments of Massive Stars. [Research Report] Arizona State University. 2019. ⟨insu-02360423⟩