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吸积年轻恒星的自旋演化。I.磁星-盘耦合效应

Spin Evolution of Accreting Young Stars. I. Effect of Magnetic Star-Disk Coupling

Sean P. Matt, Giovanni Pinzon, Ramiro de la Reza, Thomas P. Greene

摘要:

我们提出了一个年轻的太阳质量恒星与吸积盘相互作用的旋转演化模型。该模型结合了恒星和磁盘之间的角动量转移的描述,由于磁连接,并包括在恒星的质量和半径的变化和减少吸积率。该模型还包括,第一次在自旋演化模型中,恒星磁场线的开放,预计通过恒星盘差异旋转扭曲产生。为了隔离这对星-盘相互作用力矩的影响,我们忽略了与恒星或盘相连的开放场区域可能产生的力矩的影响。对于一系列的磁场强度,吸积率,和初始自旋率,我们计算的恒星自旋率的前主序星,因为他们的Hayashi轨道上发展到300万年的年龄。场开口对自旋的影响程度取决于磁场与圆盘的耦合强度。对于相对强的耦合(即,高磁雷诺数),所有模型预测的自旋周期小于$\sim3$天,年龄范围为1- 300万年。此外,这些系统通常不会在3百万年内达到平衡自旋速率,因此在任何给定时间的自旋取决于初始自旋速率的选择。这证实了早先的建议,为了解释观测到的大约$1$ -$10$天的旋转周期的全部范围,额外的过程,如强大的恒星风的角动量损失,是必要的。

英文摘要:

We present a model for the rotational evolution of a young, solar mass star interacting with an accretion disk. The model incorporates a description of the angular momentum transfer between the star and disk due to a magnetic connection, and includes changes in the star's mass and radius and a decreasing accretion rate. The model also includes, for the first time in a spin evolution model, the opening of the stellar magnetic field lines, as expected to arise from twisting via star-disk differential rotation. In order to isolate the effect that this has on the star-disk interaction torques, we neglect the influence of torques that may arise from open field regions connected to the star or disk. For a range of magnetic field strengths, accretion rates, and initial spin rates, we compute the stellar spin rates of pre-main-sequence stars as they evolve on the Hayashi track to an age of 3~Myr. How much the field opening affects the spin depends on the strength of the coupling of the magnetic field to the disk. For the relatively strong coupling (i.e., high magnetic Reynolds number) expected in real systems, all models predict spin periods of less than $\sim3$ days, in the age range of 1--3~Myr. Furthermore, these systems typically do not reach an equilibrium spin rate within 3~Myr, so that the spin at any given time depends upon the choice of initial spin rate. This corroborates earlier suggestions that, in order to explain the full range of observed rotation periods of approximately $1$--$10$ days, additional processes, such as the angular momentum loss from powerful stellar winds, are necessary.

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