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Herbig Ae/Be星H-α谱线的偏振光谱测量

Spectropolarimetry of the H-alpha line in Herbig Ae/Be stars

D. M. Harrington, J. R. Kuhn

摘要:

利用为Haleakala 3.7米AEOS望远镜建造的HiVIS分光偏振计,我们获得了大量的高精度分光偏振观测(284)Herbig AeBe星收集了超过53个夜晚,总计超过300小时的观测。我们的五个HAeBe星的样本:AB御夫座,MWC 480,MWC 120,MWC 158和HD 58647,都显示出系统的变化,在线性偏振振幅和方向的函数的时间和波长附近的H-α线。在我们所有的恒星中,H-α线剖面显示了一个介入盘或外流风的证据,证明了具有吸收成分的强烈发射。线偏振变化0.2%至1.5%,变化通常集中在线轮廓的吸收部分。这些观测结果与简单的圆盘散射模型或去极化模型不一致,后者产生以发射核为中心的极化变化。我们推测,通过光泵浦的介入气体的偏振吸收可能是原因。

英文摘要:

Using the HiVIS spectropolarimeter built for the Haleakala 3.7m AEOS telescope, we have obtained a large number of high precision spectropolarimetrc observations (284) of Herbig AeBe stars collected over 53 nights totaling more than 300 hours of observing. Our sample of five HAeBe stars: AB Aurigae, MWC480, MWC120, MWC158 and HD58647, all show systematic variations in the linear polarization amplitude and direction as a function of time and wavelength near the H-alpha line. In all our stars, the H-alpha line profiles show evidence of an intervening disk or outflowing wind, evidenced by strong emission with an absorptive component. The linear polarization varies by 0.2% to 1.5% with the change typically centered in the absorptive part of the line profile. These observations are inconsistent with a simple disk-scattering model or a depolarization model which produce polarization changes centered on the emmissive core. We speculate that polarized absorption via optical pumping of the intervening gas may be the cause.

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