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rho-Ophiuchi年轻恒星天体的近红外成像偏振测量

Near-Infrared Imaging Polarimetry of Young Stellar Objects in rho-Ophiuchi

A. F. Beckford, P. W. Lucas, A. C. Chrysostomou, T. M. Gledhill

摘要:

介绍了对蛇夫座ρ 20个年轻恒星天体进行的近红外(JHKLP)成像线性偏振测量的结果。大多数的源是无法分辨的,具有K波段偏振,P_K <6%,有几个物体与扩展反射星云有关。这些天体具有中心对称的矢量图案,在其核心上具有偏振盘;在其包络上可以看到P_K > 20%的最大偏振。核心偏振度和从光谱能量分布推断的演化状态之间的相关性。只有在第一类YSO中观察到K波段核心极化> 6%。利用一个具有扁圆状晶粒的三维蒙特卡罗模型,在一个磁场中研究了三个具有扩展星云的rho Oph YSO的通量分布和偏振结构。密度的ρ与r^(-1.5)幂律成比例,应用于整个包络。大尺度的中心对称偏振结构是由于散射。然而,星云明亮核心的偏振结构似乎需要排列的非球形尘埃颗粒的二向色消光。位置角表示在外壳内部的环形磁场。由于二向色性消光导致的偏振测量值通常<10%,因此晶粒必须是近似球形或非常弱的排列。在反射星云的外部观测到的较高的偏振要求负责散射的尘埃颗粒具有<=1.05微米的最大颗粒尺寸。

英文摘要:

The results of a near-infrared (J H K LP) imaging linear polarimetry survey of 20 young stellar objects (YSOs) in rho Ophiuchi are presented. The majority of the sources are unresolved, with K-band polarizations, P_K < 6 per cent. Several objects are associated with extended reflection nebulae. These objects have centrosymmetric vector patterns with polarization discs over their cores; maximum polarizations of P_K > 20 per cent are seen over their envelopes. Correlations are observed between the degree of core polarization and the evolutionary status inferred from the spectral energy distribution. K-band core polarizations >6 per cent are only observed in Class I YSOs. A 3D Monte Carlo model with oblate grains aligned with a magnetic field is used to investigate the flux distributions and polarization structures of three of the rho Oph YSOs with extended nebulae. A rho proportional to r^(-1.5) power law for the density is applied throughout the envelopes. The large-scale centrosymmetric polarization structures are due to scattering. However, the polarization structure in the bright core of the nebula appears to require dichroic extinction by aligned non-spherical dust grains. The position angle indicates a toroidal magnetic field in the inner part of the envelope. Since the measured polarizations attributed to dichroic extinction are usually <10 per cent, the grains must either be nearly spherical or very weakly aligned. The higher polarizations observed in the outer parts of the reflection nebulae require that the dust grains responsible for scattering have maximum grain sizes <=1.05 microns.

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