2201 20160701171701.0 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21933.x DOI ASTROimport-358 Briquet, M. 2012 Multisite spectroscopic seismic study of the ß Cep star V2052 Ophiuchi: inhibition of mixing by its magnetic field We used extensive ground-based multisite and archival spectroscopy to derive observational constraints for a seismic modelling of the magnetic β Cep star V2052 Ophiuchi. The line-profile variability is dominated by a radial mode (f1 = 7.148 46 d-1) and by rotational modulation (Prot = 3.638 833 d). Two non-radial low-amplitude modes (f2 = 7.756 03 d-1 and f3 = 6.823 08 d-1) are also detected. The four periodicities that we found are the same as the ones discovered from a companion multisite photometric campaign and known in the literature. Using the photometric constraints on the degrees ℓ of the pulsation modes, we show that both f2 and f3 are prograde modes with (ℓ, m) = (4, 2) or (4, 3). These results allowed us to deduce ranges for the mass (M ∈ [8.2, 9.6] M⊙) and central hydrogen abundance (Xc ∈ [0.25, 0.32]) of V2052 Oph, to identify the radial orders n1 = 1, n2 = -3 and n3 = -2, and to derive an equatorial rotation velocity veq ∈ [71, 75] km s-1. The model parameters are in full agreement with the effective temperature and surface gravity deduced from spectroscopy. Only models with no or mild core overshooting (αov ∈ [0, 0.15] local pressure scale heights) can account for the observed properties. Such a low overshooting is opposite to our previous modelling results for the non-magnetic β Cep star θ Oph having very similar parameters, except for a slower surface rotation rate. We discuss whether this result can be explained by the presence of a magnetic field in V2052 Oph that inhibits mixing in its interior. Neiner, C. Aerts, C. Morel, T. Mathis, S. Reese, D. R. Lehmann, H. Costero, R. Echevarria, J. Handler, G. Kambe, E. Hirata, R. Masuda, S. Wright, D. Yang, S. Pintado, O. Mkrtichian, D. Lee, B. C. Han, I. Bruch, A. De Cat, P. Uytterhoeven, K. Lefever, K. Vanautgaerden, J. de Batz, B. Frémat, Y. Henrichs, H. Geers, V. C. Martayan, C. Hubert, A. M. Thizy, O. Tijani, A. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 427 1 2012 483-493 http://esoads.eso.org/abs/2012MNRAS.427..483B published in REFERD