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脉动B星仙王座β中磁场的发现

Discovery of the magnetic field in the pulsating B star beta Cephei

H. F. Henrichs, J. A. de Jong, E. Verdugo, R. S. Schnerr, C. Neiner, J. -F. Donati, C. Catala, S. L. S. Shorlin, G. A. Wade, P. M. Veen, J. S. Nichols, E. M. F.… 展开作者

H. F. Henrichs, J. A. de Jong, E. Verdugo, R. S. Schnerr, C. Neiner, J. -F. Donati, C. Catala, S. L. S. Shorlin, G. A. Wade, P. M. Veen, J. S. Nichols, E. M. F. Damen, A. Talavera, G. M. Hill, L. Kaper, A. M. Tijani, V. C. Geers, K. Wiersema, B. Plaggenborg, K. L. J. Rygl

摘要:

虽然这颗恒星本身并不富含He,但脉动的B1 IV型恒星β Cep的紫外线风线的周期性和可变性与在磁性He特有的B型恒星中观察到的相似,这表明β Cep是磁性的。我们用分光偏振法寻找磁场。从紫外光谱,我们分析了风的变化,并研究了与磁数据的相关性。使用130个时间分辨圆偏振光谱,从1998年到2005年在2米TBL的MuSiCoS spectropolarimeter获得的,我们应用最小二乘解卷积方法的斯托克斯V光谱,并推导出纵向分量的积分磁场在可见半球的恒星。我们进行了一个周期分析的磁性数据和EW测量的紫外线风线超过17年。我们还分析了短期和长期的径向速度变化,这是由于脉动和90年的双运动。β Cep具有振幅为97(4)G、平均值为-6(3)G的正弦变化磁场。从紫外风线的变化,我们得到了12.00075(11)天的周期,这是恒星的旋转周期,并与所观察到的磁调制兼容。最大和最小场的相位匹配的最大发射的紫外线风线,强烈支持倾斜的磁转子模型。我们讨论的脉动行为和紫外线变异的函数的磁行为。本文介绍了分析的第一次确认检测偶极磁场在上主序脉动星。最大的风吸收起源于磁赤道面。最大发射发生在磁北极指向地球时。径向速度与其Be星双星伴星的~90-y轨道一致。

英文摘要:

Although the star itself is not He enriched, the periodicity and the variability in the UV wind lines of the pulsating B1 IV star beta Cep are similar to what is observed in magnetic He-peculiar B stars, suggesting that beta Cep is magnetic. We searched for a magnetic field using spectropolarimetry. From UV spectroscopy, we analysed the wind variability and investigated the correlation with the magnetic data. Using 130 time-resolved circular polarisation spectra, obtained with the MuSiCoS spectropolarimeter at the 2m TBL from 1998 until 2005, we applied the least-squares deconvolution method on the Stokes V spectra and derived the longitudinal component of the integrated magnetic field over the visible hemisphere of the star. We performed a period analysis on the magnetic data and on EW measurements of UV wind lines obtained over 17 years. We also analysed the short- and long-term radial velocity variations, which are due to the pulsations and the 90-year binary motion. beta Cep hosts a sinusoidally varying magnetic field with an amplitude 97(4) G and an average value -6(3) G. From the UV wind line variability, we derive a period of 12.00075(11) days, which is the rotation period of the star, and is compatible with the observed magnetic modulation. Phases of maximum and minimum field match those of maximum emission in the UV wind lines, strongly supporting an oblique magnetic-rotator model. We discuss the magnetic behaviour as a function of pulsation behaviour and UV line variability. This paper presents the analysis of the first confirmed detection of a dipolar magnetic field in an upper main-sequence pulsating star. Maximum wind absorption originates in the magnetic equatorial plane. Maximum emission occurs when the magnetic north pole points to the Earth. Radial velocities agree with the ~90-y orbit around its Be-star binary companion.

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