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根据ESPaDOnS、Narval和再分析的FORS1/2观测对脉动B型星磁场探测的临界评价

Critical evaluation of magnetic field detections reported for pulsating B-type stars in the light of ESPaDOnS, Narval and reanalyzed FORS1/2 observations

M. Shultz, G. A. Wade, J. Grunhut, S. Bagnulo, J. D. Landstreet, C. Neiner, E. Alecian, D. Hanes, the MiMeS Collaboration

摘要:

最近对7颗SPB和$β$ Cep星的分光偏振研究表明,光球磁场在B型恒星中比在B型恒星中更常见,这表明磁现象和脉动现象之间有着重要的联系。我们提出了一个新的和以前发表的光谱偏振观测这些恒星的分析。使用高分辨率ESPaDOns和Narval仪器获得的新Stokes $V$观测结果证实了其中一颗恒星($ε$ Lup)存在磁场,但在其他5颗恒星中没有发现磁性的证据。对用低分辨率FORS 1/2分光偏振仪获得的已发表的纵向场测量结果的重新分析发现,所有恒星的测量结果显示出比高斯噪声更大的零散射,这表明存在信号和/或系统低估误差条。对ESO资料库中FORS 1/2谱的重新归约和重新测量表明,归约过程中的微小变化会导致推断的纵向场发生实质性变化,并大大减少了3 $σ$水平上的场检测次数。此外,我们发现,所公布的期间是不是唯一的解决方案的时间序列的原始或修订的FORS 1/2数据。我们的结论是,报告的磁场检测,提出的周期和场的几何模型$α$ Pyx,15 CMa,33 Eri和V1449 Aql的数据分析和减少程序的文物,并在报告的磁场强度是没有更常见的SPB/ $β$ Cep星比一般人口的B星。

英文摘要:

Recent spectropolarimetric studies of 7 SPB and $β$ Cep stars have suggested that photospheric magnetic fields are more common in B-type pulsators than in the general population of B stars, suggesting a significant connection between magnetic and pulsational phenomena. We present an analysis of new and previously published spectropolarimetric observations of these stars. New Stokes $V$ observations obtained with the high-resolution ESPaDOnS and Narval instruments confirm the presence of a magnetic field in one of the stars ($ε$ Lup), but find no evidence of magnetism in 5 others. A re-analysis of the published longitudinal field measurements obtained with the low-resolution FORS1/2 spectropolarimeters finds that the measurements of all stars show more scatter from zero than can be attributed to Gaussian noise, suggesting the presence of a signal and/or systematic under-estimation of error bars. Re-reduction and re-measurement of the FORS1/2 spectra from the ESO archive demonstrates that small changes in reduction procedure lead to substantial changes in the inferred longitudinal field, and substantially reduces the number of field detections at the 3$σ$ level. Furthermore, we find that the published periods are not unique solutions to the time series of either the original or the revised FORS1/2 data. We conclude that the reported field detections, proposed periods and field geometry models for $α$ Pyx, 15 CMa, 33 Eri and V1449 Aql are artefacts of the data analysis and reduction procedures, and that magnetic fields at the reported strength are no more common in SPB/$β$ Cep stars than in the general population of B stars.

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