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外日鞘中interstellar dust细丝的证据

Evidence for an interstellar dust filament in the outer heliosheath

P. C. Frisch, B-G Andersson, A. Berdyugin, H. O. Funsten, A. M. Magalhaes, D. J. McComas, V. Piirola, N. A. Schwadron, D. B. Seriacopi, J. D. Slavin, S. J. Wiktorowicz

摘要:

最近发现的一条跟踪相干磁场的偏振星光细丝具有几个与日光层外日鞘中的起源一致的性质:(1)提供最佳拟合偏振位置角的磁场指向通过日光层的星际中性氦气流的观察逆风方向的6.7 ± 11度。(2)磁场是有序的,可以归因于磁湍流的偏振位置角的变化的分量是小的。(3)细长细丝的轴可以近似为与由星际磁场矢量和流入中性气体的矢量形成的平面(“BV”平面)限定80+/-14度角的线。我们认为,这种极化特征来自于外日鞘中的星际尘埃颗粒对齐,星际等离子体和磁场在日球层周围发生偏转。建议外日鞘位置的偏振颗粒需要确认建模颗粒传播通过三维MHD日光层模型,同时计算扭矩不对称尘埃颗粒与日光层相互作用。

英文摘要:

A recently discovered filament of polarized starlight that traces a coherent magnetic field is shown to have several properties that are consistent with an origin in the outer heliosheath of the heliosphere: (1) The magnetic field that provides the best fit to the polarization position angles is directed within 6.7+-11 degrees of the observed upwind direction of the flow of interstellar neutral helium gas through the heliosphere. (2) The magnetic field is ordered; the component of the variation of the polarization position angles that can be attributed to magnetic turbulence is small. (3) The axis of the elongated filament can be approximated by a line that defines an angle of 80+/-14 degrees with the plane that is formed by the interstellar magnetic field vector and the vector of the inflowing neutral gas (the "BV" plane). We propose that this polarization feature arises from aligned interstellar dust grains in the outer heliosheath where the interstellar plasma and magnetic field are deflected around the heliosphere. The proposed outer heliosheath location of the polarizing grains requires confirmation by modeling grain-propagation through three-dimensional MHD heliosphere models that simultaneously calculate torques on asymmetric dust grains interacting with the heliosphere.

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