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年轻疏散星团NGC 2516中的磁效应和超大M矮星

Magnetic effects and oversized M dwarfs in the young open cluster NGC 2516

James MacDonald, Dermott J. Mullan

摘要:

Jackson,Jeffries & Maxted(2009)将自转周期与投影自转速度的光谱测定相结合,发现年轻的疏散星团NGC 2516中低质量M矮星的平均半径大于模型在给定绝对I星等或I-K色时的预测,也大于磁性不活跃M矮星的测量半径。相对半径差与星等相关,从MI = 7时的百分之几增加到MI约9.5时样本中最低光度恒星的百分之五十以上。Jackson等人(2009年)提出,双温度星点模型能够解释观测结果,但他们的模型要求快速旋转的M矮星中的星点覆盖率至少为50%。在这里,我们研究这些结果的恒星模型,包括对流能量传输的抑制作用的磁场,有和没有星斑的影响。我们发现一个纯点模型与色星等图是不一致的. NGC 2516的半径与颜色和半径与绝对星等的观测结果与仅包括磁抑制或磁抑制和斑点组合的模型一致。在一个给定的质量,我们发现一个大的分散在恒星光球的磁场的垂直分量的强度,但总的趋势是,垂直场增加,从几百高斯在0.65 Msun到600 - 900高斯,取决于斑点覆盖率,在最低质量的恒星在0.25 Msun的样品。

英文摘要:

By combining rotation periods with spectroscopic determinations of projected rotation velocity, Jackson, Jeffries & Maxted (2009) have found that the mean radii for low-mass M-dwarfs in the young, open cluster NGC 2516 are larger than model predictions at a given absolute I magnitude or I - K color and also larger than measured radii of magnetically inactive M-dwarfs. The relative radius difference is correlated with magnitude, increasing from a few per cent at MI = 7 to greater than 50 per cent for the lowest luminosity stars in their sample at MI about 9.5. Jackson et al (2009) have suggested that a two-temperature star spot model is capable of explaining the observations, but their model requires spot coverage fractions of at least 50 per cent in rapidly rotating M-dwarfs. Here we examine these results in terms of stellar models that include the inhibiting effects of magnetic fields on convective energy transport, with and without the effects of star spots. We find that a pure spot model is inconsistent with the color - magnitude diagram. The observations of radii versus color and radii versus absolute magnitude in NGC 2516 are consistent with models which include only magnetic inhibition or a combination of magnetic inhibition and spots. At a given mass we find a large dispersion in the strength of the vertical component of the magnetic field in the stellar photosphere but the general trend is that the vertical field increases with decreasing mass from a few hundred Gauss at 0.65 Msun to 600 - 900 Gauss, depending on spot coverage, in the lowest mass stars in the sample at 0.25 Msun.

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