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SUMMARY:The MiMeS Project: Magnetism in Massive Stars\, Astronomy Coll
 oquium\, Gregg Wade\, Royal Military College of Canada
DESCRIPTION:<br>
\nMassive stars are rapidly-evolving astrophysical sy
 stems with intense radiation fields and powerful stellar winds that dr
 ive the chemistry\, structure and evolution of galaxies. The evolution
  of a massive star is intimately tied to the mass it loses by its stel
 lar wind and to its rapid rotation\, both of which can be strongly inf
 luenced by magnetic fields. The Magnetism in Massive Stars (MiMeS) Pro
 ject is a consensus collaboration among the foremost international res
 earchers of the physics of hot\, massive stars\, with the basic aim of
  understanding the origin\, evolution and impact of magnetic fields in
  these objects. The cornerstone of the project is the Franco-Canadian 
 MiMeS Large Program at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope\, which repr
 esents a dedication of 640 hours of telescope time from 2008-2012. The
  MiMeS Large Program exploits the unique capabilities of the ESPaDOnS 
 spectropolarimeter to obtain critical missing information about the po
 orly-studied magnetic properties of these important stars\, to confron
 t current models and to guide theory. This talk will review the goals 
 and strategy of the Large Program\, and will present the results of th
 e first three semesters of observations and data analysis. <br>
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1783
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