%0 Journal Article %T The evolution of surface magnetic fields in young solar-type stars I: the first 250 Myr %+ Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie (IRAP) %+ Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG) %+ Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM) %+ Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE) %+ Institut für Astrophysik [Göttingen] %+ Computational Engineering and Science Research Centre %A Folsom, Colin P. %A Petit, Pascal %A Bouvier, Jérôme %A Lèbre, Agnès %A Amard, Louis %A Palacios, Ana %A Morin, Julien %A Donati, Jean-François %A Jeffers, Sandra V. %A Marsden, Stephen C. %A Vidotto, Aline A. %< avec comité de lecture %@ 0035-8711 %J Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society %I Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy P - Oxford Open Option A %V 457 %P 580–607 %8 2016 %D 2016 %Z 1601.00684 %R 10.1093/mnras/stv2924 %Z Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] %Z Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR]Journal articles %X The surface rotation rates of young solar-type stars vary rapidly with age from the end of the pre-main sequence through the early main sequence. Important changes in the dynamos operating in these stars may result from this evolution, which should be observable in their surface magnetic fields. Here we present a study aimed at observing the evolution of these magnetic fields through this critical time period. We observed stars in open clusters and stellar associations of known ages, and used Zeeman Doppler imaging to characterize their complex magnetic large-scale fields. Presented here are results for 15 stars, from five associations, with ages from 20 to 250 Myr, masses from 0.7 to 1.2 M⊙, and rotation periods from 0.4 to 6 d. We find complex large-scale magnetic field geometries, with global average strengths from 14 to 140 G. There is a clear trend towards decreasing average large-scale magnetic field strength with age, and a tight correlation between magnetic field strength and Rossby number. Comparing the magnetic properties of our zero-age main-sequence sample to those of both younger and older stars, it appears that the magnetic evolution of solar-type stars during the pre-main sequence is primarily driven by structural changes, while it closely follows the stars’ rotational evolution on the main sequence %G English %L hal-01252932 %U https://hal.science/hal-01252932 %~ IN2P3 %~ INSU %~ METEO %~ UNIV-SAVOIE %~ UNIV-TLSE3 %~ UGA %~ CNRS %~ INPG %~ IRSTEA %~ CNES %~ OSUG %~ OMP %~ OMP-IRAP %~ LUPM %~ IPAG %~ AGREENIUM %~ UNIV-MONTPELLIER %~ LUPM_AS %~ INRAE %~ UGA-COMUE %~ USMB-COMUE %~ UNIV-UT3 %~ UT3-INP %~ UT3-TOULOUSEINP %~ UM-2015-2021