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arXiv 1408.4035astro-ph.SR
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第一次利用所有四个斯托克斯参数的线轮廓对冷星进行塞曼多普勒成像

Zeeman Doppler imaging of a cool star using line profiles in all four Stokes parameters for the first time

L. Rosén, O. Kochukhov, G. A. Wade

摘要:

冷恒星中的磁场无处不在,但由于其复杂性和相对较低的强度,仍然具有挑战性。极化信号的振幅与磁场强度成正比,目前对冷星磁场的研究只使用圆极化,因为线极化甚至更弱。然而,圆偏振只对磁场的视线分量敏感,这意味着当仅使用圆偏振重建恒星磁拓扑时,许多结构特征无法恢复或可能被误解。另一方面,线性极化对磁场的横向分量敏感,并且如果与圆极化相结合,则将提供磁场拓扑的更完整的图像。我们已经确定了第一个冷目标,RS CVn星II~Peg,适合于全斯托克斯矢量分析。使用目前的仪器,我们已经成功地系统地检测其线性极化签名的精度和旋转相位覆盖足够的磁映射。在这里,我们提出了第一个温度和磁场地图重建的冷星使用所有四个斯托克斯参数谱。

英文摘要:

Magnetic fields in cool stars are ubiquitous but can still be challenging to characterize due to their complexity and relatively low strength. The polarization signature amplitudes are proportional to the field strength, and current studies of cool star magnetic fields are using circular polarization only since linear polarization is even weaker. However, circular polarization is only sensitive to the line-of-sight component of the magnetic field, meaning that many structural features are not recovered or may be misinterpreted when only circular polarization is used for reconstruction of stellar magnetic topologies. Linear polarization, on the other hand, is sensitive to the transverse component of the magnetic field and would provide a more complete picture of the magnetic field topology if combined with circular polarization. We have identified the first cool target, the RS CVn star II~Peg, suitable for full Stokes vector analysis. Using current instrumentation, we have succeeded in systematically detecting its linear polarization signatures with a precision and rotational phase coverage sufficient for magnetic mapping. Here we present the very first temperature and magnetic field maps reconstructed for a cool star using all four Stokes parameter spectra.

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