Discovery of a magnetic field in rho Pup
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magneticfielddeltadiscoveredevolvedknownscutispectropolarimetric
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$\rho$ Pup is a $\delta$ Scuti F2 pulsator, known to host a main radial mode as well as non-radial pulsations, with chemical peculiarities typical of evolved Am stars. We present high-precision spectropolarimetric observations of this star, obtained with ESPaDOnS at the Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) in the frame of the BRITE spectropolarimetric survey. A magnetic field is clearly detected in $\rho$ Pup, with a longitudinal field strength below 1 G. This makes $\rho$ Pup the second known magnetic $\delta$ Scuti discovered, after HD 188774, and a possible cool evolved counterpart of the recently discovered ultra-weakly magnetic Am family.
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