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星际偏振与尘埃温度的相关性:辐射力矩导致的粒子排列无处不在?

Correlation between Interstellar Polarization and Dust Temperature: Alignment of Grains by Radiative Torques is Ubiquitous?

Masafumi Matsumura, Youko Kameura, Koji S. Kawabata, Hiroshi Akitaya, Mizuki Isogai, Munezo Seki

摘要:

我们研究了星际偏振效率$p_λ/A_λ$,其中$p_λ$是分数线偏振,$A_λ$是消光,在16条视线作为波长$λ$的函数。我们已经使用的低色散分光偏振仪HBS以及文献中获得的数据。发现偏振效率$p_λ/A_λ$与波长$λ\approx 0.4-0.8 \micron$中的$\exp(-β/λ)$成正比,其中$β$是在0.5到1.2 $\micron$之间变化的参数。我们发现$β$与Schlegel等人根据红外数据推断的尘埃温度呈负相关,这表明对于较高的温度,短波长的偏振效率较高。根据辐射力矩(RATs)取向理论,当辐射强度越大、波长越蓝时,RATs会使小晶粒更好地取向,从而提高短波长下的偏振效率。我们发现的$β$和温度之间的相关性与预期的对齐机制的RAT是一致的。

英文摘要:

We investigate the efficiency of interstellar polarization $p_λ/A_λ$ where $p_λ$ is the fractional linear polarization and $A_λ$ is extinction, in 16 lines of sight as a function of wavelength $λ$. We have used the data obtained with the low-dispersion spectropolarimeter HBS as well as those in literature. It is found that the polarization efficiency $p_λ/A_λ$ is proportional to $\exp(-β/λ)$ in wavelength $λ\approx 0.4-0.8 \micron$, where $β$ is a parameter which varies from 0.5 to 1.2 $\micron$. We find that $β$ is negatively correlated with the dust temperature deduced from infrared data by Schlegel et al., suggesting that the polarization efficiency is higher in short wavelength for higher temperature. According to the alignment theory by radiative torques (RATs), if the radiation is stronger and bluer, RATs will make small grains align better, and the polarization efficiency will increase in short wavelength. Our finding of the correlation between $β$ and the temperature is consistent with what is expected with the alignment mechanism by RATs.

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