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用热尘埃发射极化探测恒星形成核心的磁场结构

Exploring Magnetic Field Structure in Star-Forming Cores with Polarization of Thermal Dust Emission

Akimasa Kataoka, Masahiro N. Machida, Kohji Tomisaka

摘要:

恒星形成核心的磁场的配置和演变进行了研究,以直接比较模拟和观测。我们准备了四个不同的初始云具有不同的磁场强度和旋转速率,其中磁场线与旋转轴对齐/不对齐。首先,我们计算了这种云从星前阶段到原恒星形成后很长一段时间的演化。然后,我们计算了偏振的热尘埃发射预期从模拟数据。我们创建了具有任意视角的偏振图,并将其与观测结果进行比较。利用这一过程,我们证实了投影在天球平面上的偏振分布强烈地依赖于云的视角。因此,通过将观测结果与模拟预测的极化图进行比较,我们可以大致确定全球磁场方向与视线之间的角度。偏振矢量的配置也取决于视角。我们发现,当全球磁场与云旋转轴不重合时,在坍缩云中并不总是实现磁场线的沙漏形结构。视视角而定,S形配置的磁场(或极化矢量)出现在早期的原恒星吸积阶段。这表明,不仅磁场,而且云的旋转影响这样的云的动力学演变。此外,通过比较模拟的偏振与实际观测,我们可以估计的主机云的属性,如演化阶段,磁场强度,和旋转速率。

英文摘要:

The configuration and evolution of the magnetic field in star-forming cores are investigated in order to directly compare simulations and observations. We prepare four different initial clouds having different magnetic field strengths and rotation rates, in which magnetic field lines are aligned/misaligned with the rotation axis. First, we calculate the evolution of such clouds from the prestellar stage until long after protostar formation. Then, we calculate the polarization of thermal dust emission expected from the simulation data. We create polarization maps with arbitrary viewing angles and compare them with observations. Using this procedure, we confirmed that the polarization distribution projected on the celestial plane strongly depends on the viewing angle of the cloud. Thus, by comparing the observations with the polarization map predicted by the simulations, we can roughly determine the angle between the direction of the global magnetic field and the line of sight. The configuration of the polarization vectors also depends on the viewing angle. We find that an hourglass configuration of magnetic field lines is not always realized in a collapsing cloud when the global magnetic field is misaligned with the cloud rotation axis. Depending on the viewing angle, an S-shaped configuration of the magnetic field (or the polarization vectors) appears early in the protostellar accretion phase. This indicates that not only the magnetic field but also the cloud rotation affects the dynamical evolution of such a cloud. In addition, by comparing the simulated polarization with actual observations, we can estimate properties of the host cloud such as the evolutionary stage, magnetic field strength, and rotation rate.

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