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金牛座吸积T星的非偶极磁场

The non-dipolar magnetic fields of accreting T Tauri stars

S. G. Gregory, S. P. Matt, J. -F. Donati, M. Jardine

摘要:

经典金牛T星的磁层吸积模型通常假设恒星的磁场是简单的偶极子。然而,最近发表的BP Tau和V2129 Oph的表面磁图显示,它们的磁场更为复杂。发现V2129 Oph的磁场主要为八极磁场。对于BP-Tau,磁能主要由偶极和八极场分量共享,偶极分量几乎是V2129 Oph的四倍。从已发表的光球磁场的表面地图,我们推断出两颗恒星的日冕场,并比较所产生的场结构与偶极子。我们考虑不同的模型,其中光盘被截断,或以及内,开普勒共转半径。我们发现,虽然表面磁场的结构是特别复杂的两颗恒星,几何形状的更大规模的领域,沿吸积发生,是有点简单。然而,更大规模的领域是扭曲的恒星附近的强场区,净效应是,通过恒星表面的分数开放通量小于预期的偶极磁场模型。最后,我们估计光盘截断半径,假设这发生在从恒星磁层的磁转矩是在光盘中的粘性转矩相媲美。

英文摘要:

Models of magnetospheric accretion on to classical T Tauri stars often assume that stellar magnetic fields are simple dipoles. Recently published surface magnetograms of BP Tau and V2129 Oph have shown, however, that their fields are more complex. The magnetic field of V2129 Oph was found to be predominantly octupolar. For BP Tau the magnetic energy was shared mainly between the dipole and octupole field components, with the dipole component being almost four times as strong as that of V2129 Oph. From the published surface maps of the photospheric magnetic fields we extrapolate the coronal fields of both stars, and compare the resulting field structures with that of a dipole. We consider different models where the disc is truncated at, or well-within, the Keplerian corotation radius. We find that although the structure of the surface magnetic field is particularly complex for both stars, the geometry of the larger scale field, along which accretion is occurring, is somewhat simpler. However, the larger scale field is distorted close to the star by the stronger field regions, with the net effect being that the fractional open flux through the stellar surface is less than would be expected with a dipole magnetic field model. Finally, we estimate the disc truncation radius, assuming that this occurs where the magnetic torque from the stellar magnetosphere is comparable to the viscous torque in the disc.

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