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首次确认探测到来自年轻棕矮星的双极分子外流

First Confirmed Detection of a Bipolar Molecular Outflow from a Young Brown Dwarf

Ngoc Phan-Bao, Basmah Riaz, Chin-Fei Lee, Ya-Wen Tang, Paul T. P. Ho, Eduardo L. Martin, Jeremy Lim, Nagayoshi Ohashi, Hsien Shang

摘要:

研究恒星诞生的最早阶段对于理解它们如何形成至关重要。质量介于恒星和行星之间的褐矮星,其质量不足以在其生命的大部分时间内维持稳定的氢燃烧聚变反应。它们的起源在最近的文献中引起了很多争论,因为它们的质量远低于预期发生核心坍缩的典型质量。我们提出了第一个证实的证据,褐矮星经历了一个阶段的分子外流,这是典型的年轻恒星。利用亚毫米波阵列,我们获得了一个年轻棕矮星的双极分子流出图。我们估计流出的质量为1.6 x 10^-4 M_Sun,质量损失率为1.4 x 10^-9 M_Sun。这些值比金牛座T星的典型值小两个数量级以上。根据我们的毫米波连续谱数据和我们对斯皮策红外测光的分析,我们估计这颗褐矮星的质量为8 x 10^-3太阳质量,外盘半径为80天文单位。我们的研究结果表明,双极分子外流的运作下降到行星的质量,发生在褐矮星作为一个缩小版本的宇宙过程中看到的年轻恒星。

英文摘要:

Studying the earliest stages in the birth of stars is crucial for understanding how they form. Brown dwarfs with masses between that of stars and planets are not massive enough to maintain stable hydrogen-burning fusion reactions during most of their lifetime. Their origins are subject to much debate in recent literature because their masses are far below the typical mass where core collapse is expected to occur. We present the first confirmed evidence that brown dwarfs undergo a phase of molecular outflow that is typical of young stars. Using the Submillimeter Array, we have obtained a map of a bipolar molecular outflow from a young brown dwarf. We estimate an outflow mass of 1.6 x 10^-4 M_Sun and a mass-loss rate of 1.4 x 10^-9 M_Sun. These values are over two orders of magnitude smaller than the typical ones for T Tauri stars. From our millimiter continuum data and our own analysis of Spitzer infrared photometry, we estimate that the brown dwarf has a disk with a mass of 8 x 10^-3 M_Sun and an outer disk radius of 80 AU. Our results demonstrate that the bipolar molecular outflow operates down to planetary masses, occurring in brown dwarfs as a scaled-down version of the universal process seen in young stars.

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