arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv周末暂无论文更新,休息一下吧,周末愉快~~
arXiv 1005.4845astro-ph.SR
收藏

参宿四的磁场:来自巨大对流单体的局部发电机?

The magnetic field of Betelgeuse: a local dynamo from giant convection cells?

M. Auriere, J. -F. Donati, R. Konstantinova-Antova, G. Perrin, P. Petit, T. Roudier

摘要:

参宿四是一颗M型超巨星,拥有复杂而延伸的大气层,其表面也有斑点和巨大的颗粒。一个可能的磁场可能会导致质量损失和外层大气的加热。我们观察参宿四,直接研究和推断其磁场的性质。我们使用新一代偏振光谱仪NARVAL和最小平方反卷积(LSD)方法来检测参宿四光球吸收线内的圆偏振。我们在参宿四的谱线中明确地探测到一个微弱的斯托克斯V信号,并在一个月内的6个不同时期测量了相关的表面平均纵向磁场B1。探测到的纵向场约为一高斯,并且在我们观测的时间尺度上明显增加。这项工作提出了第一次直接检测的磁场的参宿四。这个磁场可能与巨大的对流单体有关,这些对流单体可以使“局部发电机”成为可能。

英文摘要:

Betelgeuse is an M supergiant with a complex and extended atmosphere, which also harbors spots and giant granules at its surface. A possible magnetic field could contribute to the mass loss and to the heating of the outer atmosphere. We observed Betelgeuse, to directly study and infer the nature of its magnetic field. We used the new-generation spectropolarimeter NARVAL and the least square deconvolution (LSD) method to detect circular polarization within the photospheric absorption lines of Betelgeuse. We have unambiguously detected a weak Stokes V signal in the spectral lines of Betelgeuse, and measured the related surface-averaged longitudinal magnetic field Bl at 6 different epochs over one month. The detected longitudinal field is about one Gauss and is apparently increasing on the time scale of our observations. This work presents the first direct detection of the magnetic field of Betelgeuse. This magnetic field may be associated to the giant convection cells that could enable a "local dynamo:.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑