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电子回旋脉泽不稳定性作为极低质量恒星和褐矮星射电辐射主要来源的确认

Confirmation of the Electron Cyclotron Maser Instability as the Dominant Source of Radio Emission from Very Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs

G. Hallinan, A. Antonova, J. G. Doyle, S. Bourke, C. Lane, A. Golden

摘要:

我们报告的M8.5矮星LSR J1835+3259和L3.5矮星2 MASS J 00361617 +1821104的射电观测,提供了最有力的证据,迄今为止,电子回旋脉泽不稳定性是产生超冷矮星磁层射电辐射的主要机制。正如先前对M9矮星TVLM 513-46546的报道,从两颗矮星都探测到了100%圆偏振的周期性脉冲,LSR J1835+3259和2 MASS J 00361617 +1821104的周期分别为2.84 +/- 0.01和3.08 +/- 0.05小时。重要的是,2 MASS J 00361617 +1821104也探测到了周期性的非偏振射电辐射,并且亮度温度限制排除了回旋同步辐射作为这种射电辐射的来源。来自这个和其他超冷矮星的非极化辐射也归因于电子回旋脉泽辐射,它在穿越超冷矮星磁层时已经去极化,可能是由于散射等传播效应。基于文献中的vsin i数据和来自三个已确认的电子回旋脉泽发射源TVLM 513-46546、LSR J1835+3259和2 MASS J 00361617 +1821104的周期性射电数据的旋转周期,我们确定所有三个矮星的旋转轴都接近垂直于我们的视线。这表明一个可能的几何选择效应,由于电子回旋脉泽发射的固有方向性,这可能占以前报道的超冷矮星的无线电活动和v sin i之间的关系。我们还确定矮LSR J1835+3259的半径为> 0.117 +/- 0.012 R_Sol。(节略)

英文摘要:

We report on radio observations of the M8.5 dwarf LSR J1835+3259 and the L3.5 dwarf 2MASS J00361617+1821104, which provide the strongest evidence to date that the electron cyclotron maser instability is the dominant mechanism producing radio emission in the magnetospheres of ultracool dwarfs. As has previously been reported for the M9 dwarf TVLM 513-46546, periodic pulses of 100% circularly polarized, coherent radio emission are detected from both dwarfs with periods of 2.84 +/- 0.01 and 3.08 +/- 0.05 hours respectively for LSR J1835+3259 and 2MASS J00361617+1821104. Importantly, periodic unpolarized radio emission is also detected from 2MASS J00361617+1821104, and brightness temperature limitations rule out gyrosynchrotron radiation as a source of this radio emission. The unpolarized emission from this and other ultracool dwarfs is also attributed to electron cyclotron maser emission, which has become depolarized on traversing the ultracool dwarf magnetosphere, possibly due to propagations effects such as scattering. Based on available v sin i data in the literature and rotation periods derived from the periodic radio data for the three confirmed sources of electron cyclotron maser emission, TVLM 513-46546, LSR J1835+3259 and 2MASS J00361617+1821104, we determine that the rotation axes of all three dwarfs are close to perpendicular to our line of sight. This suggests a possible geometrical selection effect due to the inherent directivity of electron cyclotron maser emission, that may account for the previously reported relationship between radio activity and v sin i observed for ultracool dwarfs. We also determine the radius of the dwarf LSR J1835+3259 to be > 0.117 +/- 0.012 R_Sol. (abridged)

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