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金牛座T星BP的磁层吸积

Magnetospheric accretion on the T Tauri star BP Tauri

J. F. Donati, M. M. Jardine, S. G. Gregory, P. Petit, F. Paletou, J. Bouvier, C. Dougados, F. Menard, A. C. Cameron, T. J. Harries, G. A. J. Hussain, Y. Unruh, … 展开作者

J. F. Donati, M. M. Jardine, S. G. Gregory, P. Petit, F. Paletou, J. Bouvier, C. Dougados, F. Menard, A. C. Cameron, T. J. Harries, G. A. J. Hussain, Y. Unruh, J. Morin, S. C. Marsden, N. Manset, M. Auriere, C. Catala, E. Alecian

摘要:

从ESPaDOnS和NARVAL光谱偏振仪收集的观察,我们报告的塞曼签名的经典金牛座T星BP头的检测。2006年,在两个不同的时期,在BP Tau的大部分旋转周期中,在光球线和跟踪磁层吸积的窄发射线中监测圆偏振特征。我们观察到,旋转调制占主导地位的非偏振和圆偏振光谱代理跟踪光球和吸积漏斗的足迹的时间变化。从完整的数据集在每个时代,我们重建的大规模磁拓扑结构和吸积点的位置在表面的BP头使用层析成像。我们发现,该领域的BP头涉及1.2 kG偶极子和1.6 kG八极,都稍微倾斜的旋转轴。在高纬度地区,吸积点与两个主要的磁极重合,并与暗光球点重叠;它们覆盖了大约2%的恒星表面。强的主轴对称极向场的BP头是非常令人想起的磁拓扑结构的全对流矮星。这表明,像BP Tau这样的完全对流的cTTS的磁场可能不是化石残留物,而是由于在其大部分对流区内运行的强烈发电机作用造成的。初步的模型显示,牛座BP的磁层延伸到至少4 R* 的距离,以确保吸积点位于高纬度,并且不会被假定的恒星风吹开靠近表面。它显然成功地耦合到吸积盘,远至共转半径,并可能解释BP Tau的缓慢旋转。

英文摘要:

From observations collected with the ESPaDOnS and NARVAL spectropolarimeters, we report the detection of Zeeman signatures on the classical T Tauri star BP Tau. Circular polarisation signatures in photospheric lines and in narrow emission lines tracing magnetospheric accretion are monitored throughout most of the rotation cycle of BP Tau at two different epochs in 2006. We observe that rotational modulation dominates the temporal variations of both unpolarised and circularly polarised spectral proxies tracing the photosphere and the footpoints of accretion funnels. From the complete data sets at each epoch, we reconstruct the large-scale magnetic topology and the location of accretion spots at the surface of BP Tau using tomographic imaging. We find that the field of BP Tau involves a 1.2 kG dipole and 1.6 kG octupole, both slightly tilted with respect to the rotation axis. Accretion spots coincide with the two main magnetic poles at high latitudes and overlap with dark photospheric spots; they cover about 2% of the stellar surface. The strong mainly-axisymmetric poloidal field of BP Tau is very reminiscent of magnetic topologies of fully-convective dwarfs. It suggests that magnetic fields of fully-convective cTTSs such as BP Tau are likely not fossil remants, but rather result from vigorous dynamo action operating within the bulk of their convective zones. Preliminary modelling suggests that the magnetosphere of BP Tau extends to distances of at least 4 R* to ensure that accretion spots are located at high latitudes, and is not blown open close to the surface by a putative stellar wind. It apparently succeeds in coupling to the accretion disc as far out as the corotation radius, and could possibly explain the slow rotation of BP Tau.

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