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高质量恒星形成过程中磁场的演化:UCHII区域G5的SMA尘埃极化图像

Evolution of Magnetic Fields in High Mass Star Formation: SMA dust polarization image of the UCHII region G5.89-0.39

Ya-Wen Tang, Paul T. P. Ho, Josep Miquel Girart, Ramprasad Rao, Patrick Koch, Shih-Ping Lai

摘要:

我们报告了与超致密HII区域G5.89-0.39相关的分子云的高角分辨率(3”)亚毫米阵列(SMA)观测。在870微米处的成像尘埃连续发射揭示了显著的线性偏振。偏振的位置角(PA)在2 × 10^4 AU的区域内变化很大但很平滑。根据光放大器的分布和相关结构,偏振辐射可以大致分为两个分量。分量“x”与870微米处的明确定义的尘埃脊相关联,并且可能追踪压缩的B场。“o”分量位于尘埃脊的外围,可能来自与预先存在的扩展结构相关的原始B场。全球B场的形态在G5.89,从PA推断,显然是由HII区的扩张和分子外流干扰。利用场结构的光滑性,我们用费米子方法估计了天空平面内的B场强度不超过2-3 mG。然后,我们比较了辐射、B场和由C^17 O 3-2线发射推导出的机械运动中的能量密度。我们的结论是,B场结构已经被新形成的大质量恒星的辐射、外流和湍流所淹没和主导。

英文摘要:

We report high angular resolution (3") Submillimeter Array (SMA) observations of the molecular cloud associated with the Ultra-Compact HII region G5.89-0.39. Imaged dust continuum emission at 870 micron reveals significant linear polarization. The position angles (PAs) of the polarization vary enormously but smoothly in a region of 2x10^4 AU. Based on the distribution of the PAs and the associated structures, the polarized emission can be separated roughly into two components. The component "x" is associated with a well defined dust ridge at 870 micron, and is likely tracing a compressed B field. The component "o" is located at the periphery of the dust ridge and is probably from the original B field associated with a pre-existing extended structure. The global B field morphology in G5.89, as inferred from the PAs, is clearly disturbed by the expansion of the HII region and the molecular outflows. Using the Chandrasekhar-Fermi method, we estimate from the smoothness of the field structures that the B field strength in the plane of sky can be no more than 2-3 mG. We then compare the energy densities in the radiation, the B field, and the mechanical motions as deduced from the C^17O 3-2 line emission. We conclude that the B field structures are already overwhelmed and dominated by the radiation, outflows, and turbulence from the newly formed massive stars.

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