Magnetic B stars observed with BRITE: Spots, magnetospheres, binarity, and pulsations

G. A. Wade, D. H. Cohen, C. Fletcher, G. Handler, L. Huang, J. Krticka, C. Neiner, E. Niemczura, H. Pablo, E. Paunzen, V. Petit, A. Pigulski, Th. Rivinius, J. Rowe, M. Rybicka, R. Townsend, M. Shultz, J. Silvester, J. Sikora and the BRITE Team

Magnetic B-type stars exhibit photometric variability due to diverse causes, and consequently on a variety of timescales. In this paper we describe interpretation of BRITE photometry and related ground-based observations of four magnetic B-type systems: ε Lupi, τ Sco, a Cen and ε CMa.

Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, vol. 5, 94-100 (2017)

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