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在APOGEE巡天中发现两颗罕见的刚性旋转磁层星

Discovery of Two Rare Rigidly-Rotating Magnetosphere Stars in the APOGEE Survey

Stephen S. Eikenberry, S. Drew Chojnowski, John Wisniewski, Steven R. Majewski, Matthew Shetrone, David G. Whelan, Dmitry Bizyaev, H. Jacob Borish, James R. A. … 展开作者

Stephen S. Eikenberry, S. Drew Chojnowski, John Wisniewski, Steven R. Majewski, Matthew Shetrone, David G. Whelan, Dmitry Bizyaev, H. Jacob Borish, James R. A. Davenport, Garrett Ebelke, Diane Feuillet, Peter M. Frinchaboy, Alan Garner, Fred Hearty, Jon Holtzman, Zhi-Yun Li, Sz. Meszaros, David L. Nidever, Donald P. Schneider, Michael Skrutskie, John C. Wilson, Gail Zasowski

摘要:

阿帕奇点天文台星系演化实验(APOGEE)是斯隆数字巡天III计划之一,正在使用$\sim 100,000$红巨星分支候选恒星的近红外光谱研究银河系的结构。在调查过程中,APOGEE还获得了热场星的光谱,作为主要科学目标的大地校准器。我们报告了两个罕见的,快速旋转的B星的$σ$奥利E型在这些蓝场恒星在第一年的APOGEE操作期间观察到的偶然发现。这两颗被发现的恒星都显示出这类高磁化($B \sim 10$ kiloGauss)恒星所共有的刚性旋转磁层(RRM)的光谱特征,使已知的RRM恒星数量增加了$\sim 10 \%$。其中一颗(HD 345439)是一颗主序B星,具有异常强烈的He吸收(类似于$σ$ Ori E),而另一颗(HD 23478)则符合“He正常”B3 IV分类。我们将APOGEE发现光谱与这两颗恒星以及$σ$ Ori E本身的其他光学和近红外光谱相结合,以显示近红外光谱如何成为发现更多这些稀有天体的独特强大工具,这些天体可能在其光学光谱中显示很少/没有RRM签名。我们讨论了进一步发现$σ$ Ori E型恒星的可能性,以及我们的发现对这些天体的人口及其起源和演化的影响。

英文摘要:

The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) - one of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III programs -- is using near-infrared spectra of $\sim 100,000$ red giant branch star candidates to study the structure of the Milky Way. In the course of the survey, APOGEE also acquires spectra of hot field stars to serve as telluric calibrators for the primary science targets. We report the serendipitous discovery of two rare, fast-rotating B stars of the $σ$ Ori E type among those blue field stars observed during the first year of APOGEE operations. Both of the discovered stars display the spectroscopic signatures of the rigidly rotating magnetospheres (RRM) common to this class of highly-magnetized ($B \sim 10$ kiloGauss) stars, increasing the number of known RRM stars by $\sim 10 \%$. One (HD 345439) is a main-sequence B star with unusually strong He absorption (similar to $σ$ Ori E), while the other (HD 23478) fits a "He-normal" B3IV classification. We combine the APOGEE discovery spectra with other optical and near-infrared spectra of these two stars, and of $σ$ Ori E itself, to show how near-infrared spectroscopy can be a uniquely powerful tool for discovering more of these rare objects, which may show little/no RRM signatures in their optical spectra. We discuss the potential for further discovery of $σ$ Ori E type stars, as well as the implications of our discoveries for the population of these objects and insights into their origin and evolution.

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