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来自恒星的极光射电发射:室女座CU的情况

Auroral Radio Emission from Stars: the case of CU Virginis

Corrado Trigilio, Paolo Leto, Grazia Umana, Carla Simona Buemi, Francesco Leone

摘要:

室女座CU是一颗快速旋转的磁性化学特殊恒星,目前具有独特的无线电发射特性。最有趣的是存在强烈的,100%的圆偏振辐射归因于回旋脉塞。每一次恒星旋转,这种高度光束发射点两次指向地球,就像脉冲星一样。我们在2010年4月观察了CU Vir,EVLA在两个频段,中心在1450和1850 MHz。我们几乎覆盖了整个旋转周期,确认存在的两个脉冲的通量密度高达20毫焦耳。以前所未有的光谱和时间灵敏度获得的动态光谱使我们能够清楚地看到作为频率函数的不同时间延迟。我们将这种行为解释为恒星磁层内辐射的传播效应。这一新出现的情况表明,它与行星的极光无线电发射有着有趣的相似之处,特别是与地球的极光千米辐射(AKR)有着相似之处,后者起源于磁极上方几个地球半径处,直到最近才被发现具有高度辐射。我们的结论是,CU Vir,地球和其他行星的磁层,也可能是系外行星,可能有类似的几何和物理特性的回旋脉泽产生的区域。此外,脉冲是旋转周期的完美“标记”。这使我们第一次有可能以非凡的精度测量主序星或主序星附近恒星的自旋下降。

英文摘要:

CU Virginis is a rapidly rotating Magnetic Chemically Peculiar star with at present unique characteristics as radio emitter. The most intriguing one is the presence of intense, 100% circularly polarized radiation ascribed to Cyclotron Maser. Each time the star rotates, this highly beamed emission points two times toward the Earth, like a pulsar. We observed CU Vir in April 2010 with the EVLA in two bands centered at 1450 and 1850 MHz. We covered nearly the whole rotational period, confirming the presence of the two pulses at a flux density up to 20 mJy. Dynamical spectra, obtained with unprecedented spectral and temporal sensitivity, allow us to clearly see the different time delays as a function of the frequency. We interpret this behaviour as a propagation effect of the radiation inside the stellar magnetosphere. The emerging scenario suggests interesting similarities with the auroral radio emission from planets, in particular with the Auroral Kilometric Radiation (AKR) from Earth, which originates at few terrestrial radii above the magnetic poles and was only recently discovered to be highly beamed. We conclude that the magnetospheres of CU Vir, Earth and other planets, maybe also exoplanets, could have similar geometrical and physical characteristics in the regions where the cyclotron maser is generated. In addition, the pulses are perfect "markers" of the rotation period. This has given us for the first time the possibility to measure with extraordinary accuracy the spin down of a star on or near the main sequence.

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