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超冷矮星相干射电辐射的周期性爆发

Periodic Bursts of Coherent Radio Emission from an Ultracool Dwarf

G. Hallinan, S. Bourke, C. Lane, A. Antonova, R. T. Zavala, W. F. Brisken, R. P. Boyle, F. J. Vrba, J. G. Doyle, A. Golden

摘要:

我们报告检测到周期性(p = 1.96小时)爆发的非常明亮,100%圆偏振,相干无线电发射从M9矮TVLM 513-46546。同时进行的光度监测观测已经确定了这个周期性是矮星的自转周期。这些爆发,这是不存在于以前的观察这个目标,证实了超冷矮星可以产生持久的宽带水平,相干无线电发射,与存在的大规模,稳定的配置中的kG磁场。位于磁极区域的致密源产生由电子回旋脉泽不稳定性产生的高度波束化的发射,已知在我们的太阳系中产生行星相干无线电发射的机制相同。当矮星旋转时,狭窄的辐射束通过我们的视线,产生相关的周期性爆发。由此产生的射电光变曲线类似于脉冲星射电辐射的周期性光变曲线,突出了TVLM 513-46546作为一类新的瞬态射电源的原型。

英文摘要:

We report the detection of periodic (p = 1.96 hours) bursts of extremely bright, 100% circularly polarized, coherent radio emission from the M9 dwarf TVLM 513-46546. Simultaneous photometric monitoring observations have established this periodicity to be the rotation period of the dwarf. These bursts, which were not present in previous observations of this target, confirm that ultracool dwarfs can generate persistent levels of broadband, coherent radio emission, associated with the presence of kG magnetic fields in a large-scale, stable configuration. Compact sources located at the magnetic polar regions produce highly beamed emission generated by the electron cyclotron maser instability, the same mechanism known to generate planetary coherent radio emission in our solar system. The narrow beams of radiation pass our line of sight as the dwarf rotates, producing the associated periodic bursts. The resulting radio light curves are analogous to the periodic light curves associated with pulsar radio emission highlighting TVLM 513-46546 as the prototype of a new class of transient radio source.

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