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中子星磁场起源的探索:祖先OB星的磁性质

Exploring the origin of neutron star magnetic field: magnetic properties of the progenitor OB stars

V. Petit, G. A. Wade, L. Drissen, T. Montmerle

摘要:

Ferrario & Wickramasinghe(2006)探讨了中子星的磁场起源于化石的假设。在这种情况下,他们预测了OB星祖先的场分布,发现5%的主序星大质量恒星的场应该超过1 kG。我们已经进行了敏感的ESPaDOns分光偏振观测,以寻找猎户座星云星团恒星形成区域中所有大质量B型和O型恒星中存在这种场的直接证据。我们已经检测到明确的斯托克斯V塞曼签名的光谱中的三个观察到的八颗恒星(38%)。使用新的国家的最先进的贝叶斯分析,我们推断存在强(千克),有组织的磁场在他们的光球。对于剩下的五颗恒星,我们将光球层中的偶极场限制在200 G以下。如果Ferrario和Wickramasinghe的预测是正确的,那么从统计上看,在8颗OB星的样本中找到3个~kG场的机会是很低的(不到1%)。这意味着,要么中子星的磁场不是化石起源的,要么Ferrario & Wickramasinghe的通量演化模型是不完整的,要么ONC具有不寻常的磁性。我们正在研究其他年轻星团,以便更好地探索这些可能性。

英文摘要:

Ferrario & Wickramasinghe (2006) explored the hypothesis that the magnetic fields of neutron stars are of fossil origin. In this context, they predicted the field distribution of the progenitor OB stars, finding that 5 per cent of main sequence massive stars should have fields in excess of 1kG. We have carried out sensitive ESPaDOnS spectropolarimetric observations to search for direct evidence of such fields in all massive B- and O-type stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster star-forming region. We have detected unambiguous Stokes V Zeeman signatures in spectra of three out of the eight stars observed (38%). Using a new state-of-the-art Bayesian analysis, we infer the presence of strong (kG), organised magnetic fields in their photospheres. For the remaining five stars, we constrain any dipolar fields in the photosphere to be weaker than about 200G. Statistically, the chance of finding three ~kG fields in a sample of eight OB stars is quite low (less than 1%) if the predictions of Ferrario & Wickramasinghe are correct. This implies that either the magnetic fields of neutron stars are not of fossil origin, that the flux-evolution model of Ferrario & Wickramasinghe is incomplete, or that the ONC has unusual magnetic properties. We are undertaking a study of other young star clusters, in order to better explore these possibilities.

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