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大质量原恒星仙王座A HW2周围圆盘的磁场调节入流

Magnetic field regulated infall on the disc around the massive protostar Cepheus A HW2

W. H. T. Vlemmings, G. Surcis, K. J. E. Torstensson, H. J. van Langevelde

摘要:

我们提出的6.7 GHz的甲醇脉泽周围的大质量的原恒星仙王座A HW 2及其相关的光盘偏振观测。这些数据是由多元素无线电链接干涉仪网络获得的。脉泽偏振被用来确定仙王座A HW 2周围的全三维磁场结构。观测结果表明,脉泽探测的是大尺度磁场,而不是孤立的压缩磁场。我们发现,磁场主要是沿原恒星流出和垂直于分子和尘埃盘。从三维磁场方向和沿视线方向的磁场强度的测量,我们能够确定脉泽出现的高密度物质被~23 mG的大尺度磁场穿过。这表明,在仙王座A HW 2的~1000 AU的原恒星环境是轻微的超临界(λ约1.7)和密度和磁场之间的关系是一致的沿磁场线的崩溃。因此,观测结果表明,磁场可能调节吸积到磁盘上。磁场主导了湍流能量的大约三倍,并且足够强大,成为稳定大质量吸积盘和维持大质量恒星形成期间所需的高吸积率的关键组成部分。

英文摘要:

We present polarization observations of the 6.7-GHz methanol masers around the massive protostar Cepheus A HW2 and its associated disc. The data were taken with the Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network. The maser polarization is used to determine the full three-dimensional magnetic field structure around Cepheus A HW2. The observations suggest that the masers probe the large scale magnetic field and not isolated pockets of a compressed field. We find that the magnetic field is predominantly aligned along the protostellar outflow and perpendicular to the molecular and dust disc. From the three-dimensional magnetic field orientation and measurements of the magnetic field strength along the line of sight, we are able to determine that the high density material, in which the masers occurs, is threaded by a large scale magnetic field of ~23 mG. This indicates that the protostellar environment at ~1000 AU from Cepheus A HW2 is slightly supercritical (lambda approximately 1.7) and the relation between density and magnetic field is consistent with collapse along the magnetic field lines. Thus, the observations indicate that the magnetic field likely regulates accretion onto the disc. The magnetic field dominates the turbulent energies by approximately a factor of three and is sufficiently strong to be the crucial component stabilizing the massive accretion disc and sustaining the high accretion rates needed during massive star-formation.

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