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星际介质亚毫米波谱线的偏振

Polarisation of submillimetre lines from interstellar medium

Heshou Zhang, Huirong Yan

摘要:

磁场在许多天体物理过程中起着重要的作用。然而,对于星际介质(ISM)中的磁场没有统一的诊断方法,每种磁示踪剂都有其局限性。任何新的检测方法都是有价值的。理论研究表明,亚毫米级精细结构谱线在紫外光激发下,由于原子的排列而发生偏振,这为探测星际磁场开辟了新的途径。我们将首次在模拟的三维ISM上进行合成观测,以证明亚毫米原子线偏振的可测量性。提供了不同来源(包括恒星形成区(SFR))预期的不同吸收和发射线的最大偏振。我们的结果表明,亚毫米原子线的极化是一个强大的磁示踪剂,并增加了亚毫米天文学的观测研究的重要价值。

英文摘要:

Magnetic fields play important roles in many astrophysical processes. However, there is no universal diagnostic for the magnetic fields in the interstellar medium (ISM) and each magnetic tracer has its limitation. Any new detection method is thus valuable. Theoretical studies have shown that submillimetre fine-structure lines are polarised due to atomic alignment by Ultraviolet (UV) photon-excitation, which opens up a new avenue to probe interstellar magnetic fields. We will, for the first time, perform synthetic observations on the simulated three-dimensional ISM to demonstrate the measurability of the polarisation of submillimetre atomic lines. The maximum polarisation for different absorption and emission lines expected from various sources, including Star-Forming Regions (SFRs) are provided. Our results demonstrate that the polarisation of submillimetre atomic lines is a powerful magnetic tracer and add great value to the observational studies of the submilimetre astronomy.

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