Paper:	Magnetic Topologies of the Herbig Ae/Be Stars
Volume:	449, Astronomical Polarimetry 2008: Science from Small to Large Telescopes
Page:	275
Authors:	Alecian, E.; Wade, G. A.; Catala, C.; Bagnulo, S.; Böhm, T.; Bouret, J.; Donati, J.; Folsom, C.; Grunhut, J.; Landstreet, J. D.; Petit, P.; Silvester, J.
Abstract:	Our recent discoveries of magnetic fields in a small number of Herbig Ae/Be (HAeBe) stars, the evolutionary progenitors of main sequence A/B stars, raise new questions about the origin of magnetic fields in the intermediate mass stars. The favored fossil field hypothesis suggests that a few percent of magnetic pre-main sequence A/B stars should exhibit similar magnetic strengths and topologies to the magnetic Ap/Bp stars. In this paper we present the methods that we have used to characterize the magnetic fields of the Herbig Ae/Be stars, as well as our first conclusions on the origin of magnetism in intermediate-mass stars.

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