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We present the first magnetic map of the late-type giant 37 Com. The Least Squares Deconvolution (LSD) method and Zeeman Doppler Imaging (ZDI) inversion technique were applied. The chromospheric activity indicators Hα, S-index, Ca ii IRT and the radial velocity were also measured. The evolutionary status of the star has been studied on the basis of state-of-the-art stellar evolutionary models and chemical abundance analysis. 37 Com appears to be in the core Helium-burning phase. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Using spectropolarimetric data acquired with the ESPaDOnS and NARVAL instruments at CFHT and at TBL, we present a detailed spectral synthesis analysis of HD 232 862, a field giant classified as a G8II star hosting a magnetic field. This star is the first lithium-rich field giant hosting a magnetic field. Stellar evolution models suggest that HD 232 862 should be a 1.5 to 2.0 M⊙ star at the bottom of the red giant branch. Its unsually high lithium content (A(Li) = 2.45 ± 0.25 dex) is even more puzzling and challenges our understanding of the evolution of this star. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

From spectropolarimetric data and spectral synthesis analysis, we report the serendipitous discovery of an unusually high lithium content field giant. HD 232862, classified as a G8II star, appears to be the first Lithium-rich field giant star hosting a surface magnetic field. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

We present first results of the magnetic survey of a sample of slow rotating giant stars for which an X-ray emission or variations of CaII H & K lines have been already detected. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]