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污染白矮星G29-38的偏振测量

Polarization measurements of the polluted white dwarf G29-38

Daniel V. Cotton, Jeremy Bailey, J. E. Pringle, William B. Sparks, Ted von Hippel, Jonathan P. Marshall

摘要:

我们用高精度偏振仪2对污染的白矮星G29 - 38进行了高精度偏振观测。这些观测是在两个不同的天文台进行的-使用8.1米的双子座北望远镜和3.9米的英澳望远镜-并且彼此一致。在考虑了少量的星际偏振后,在SDSS g '带的位置角为90.8 +/-3.8度时,系统的本征线偏振为275.3 +/-31.9parts-per-million。我们比较观测到的偏振与拱星盘模型的预测。测得的偏振是小的背景下,我们开发的模型,这只允许我们把光盘倾斜和债券的光学薄光盘几何形状的限制。在这种情况下,要么倾角接近正面,要么倾角很小-可能在0.05至0.15之间-这与其他碎片盘测量结果一致。对极化信号中G29 - 38脉动效应的初步研究产生了不一致的结果。这可能是由拍频效应引起的,表明一个clusterous尘埃分布,或测量系统的结果。

英文摘要:

We have made high precision polarimetric observations of the polluted white dwarf G29-38 with the HIgh Precision Polarimetric Instrument 2. The observations were made at two different observatories -- using the 8.1-m Gemini North Telescope and the 3.9-m Anglo AustralianTelescope -- and are consistent with each other. After allowing for a small amount of interstellar polarization, the intrinsic linear polarization of the system is found to be 275.3 +/- 31.9 parts-per-million at a position angle of 90.8 +/- 3.8 degrees in the SDSS g' band. We compare the observed polarization with the predictions of circumstellar disc models. The measured polarization is small in the context of the models we develop which only allows us to place limits on disc inclination and Bond albedo for optically thin disc geometries. In this case either the inclination is near face-on or the albedo is small -- likely in the range 0.05 to 0.15 -- which is in line with other debris disc measurements. A preliminary search for the effects of G29-38's pulsations in the polarization signal produced inconsistent results. This may be caused by beating effects, indicate a clumpy dust distribution, or be a consequence of measurement systematics.

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