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在快速旋转的B2Vn星HR 7355中发现强磁场

Discovery of a strong magnetic field in the rapidly rotating B2Vn star HR 7355

M. E. Oksala, G. A. Wade, W. L. F. Marcolino, J. Grunhut, D. Bohlender, N. Manset, R. H. D. Townsend, the MiMeS Collaboration

摘要:

我们报告了一个强大的,有组织的磁场在氦变量早期B型恒星HR 7355使用分光偏振数据获得的ESPaDOnS的3.6米加拿大-法国-夏威夷望远镜的背景下,在大质量恒星的磁性(MiMeS)大计划。HR 7355是已知自转速度最快的主序星,也是自转速度最快的氦强恒星,其自转周期为$v \sin i$ = 300 $\pm$ 15 km s $^{-1}$ 0.5214404 $\pm$ 0.0000006天。我们已经模拟了我们的八个纵向磁场测量假设一个斜偶极子磁场。将自转轴的倾角限制在$38^{\circ}$和$86^{\circ}$之间,我们得到了磁偏角在$30^{\circ}$和$85^{\circ}$之间,恒星表面的磁场极强在13-17 kG之间。从HIPPARCOS存档数据和新的CTIO测量构造的光度光变曲线显示两个极小值,在旋转相位中相隔0.5,并且在磁极值之前/之后发生0.25个周期。这种光度行为加上先前报道的H $α$线的可变发射(我们证实)强烈支持HR 7355拥有类似于原型氦强恒星$σ$ Ori E的结构化磁层的提议。

英文摘要:

We report the detection of a strong, organized magnetic field in the helium-variable early B-type star HR 7355 using spectropolarimetric data obtained with ESPaDOnS on the 3.6-m Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope within the context of the Magnetism in Massive Stars (MiMeS) Large Program. HR 7355 is both the most rapidly rotating known main-sequence magnetic star and the most rapidly rotating helium-strong star, with $v \sin i$ = 300 $\pm$ 15 km s$^{-1}$ and a rotational period of 0.5214404 $\pm$ 0.0000006 days. We have modeled our eight longitudinal magnetic field measurements assuming an oblique dipole magnetic field. Constraining the inclination of the rotation axis to be between $38^{\circ}$ and $86^{\circ}$, we find the magnetic obliquity angle to be between $30^{\circ}$ and $85^{\circ}$, and the polar strength of the magnetic field at the stellar surface to be between 13-17 kG. The photometric light curve constructed from HIPPARCOS archival data and new CTIO measurements shows two minima separated by 0.5 in rotational phase and occurring 0.25 cycles before/after the magnetic extrema. This photometric behavior coupled with previously-reported variable emission of the H$α$ line (which we confirm) strongly supports the proposal that HR 7355 harbors a structured magnetosphere similar to that in the prototypical helium-strong star, $σ$ Ori E.

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