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arXiv 2009.04201astro-ph.GAastro-ph.IMastro-ph.SR
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恒星形成系统中的磁场(II):作为磁场示踪剂的尘埃极化、塞曼效应和法拉第旋转测量的检验

Magnetic fields in star-forming systems (II): examining dust polarization, the Zeeman effect, and the Faraday rotation measure as magnetic field tracers

Stefan Reissl, Amelia M. Stutz, Ralf S. Klessen, Daniel Seifried, Stefanie Walch

摘要:

星际介质中云和细丝的形成和演化受磁场调节的程度仍然是一个悬而未决的问题。然而,场的基本性质(强度和3D形态)并不容易观察到。我们调查的潜在恢复磁场信息从尘埃极化,塞曼效应,法拉第旋转措施($RM$)在SILCC变焦磁流体动力学(MHD)灯丝模拟。该对象进行了分析,在发病的恒星形成,它的特点是约M/L $\sim 63\ M_{\odot}\ pc^{-1}$的线质量的$1\,$ pc的半径和扭结的三维磁场形态。我们通过POLARIS辐射转移(RT)后处理生成合成观测,并与螺旋或扭结场形态的分析模型进行比较,以帮助解释推断的观测特征。我们发现,示踪信号起源于接近丝棘。我们发现沿灯丝的角度依赖性与视线(LOS)是主导因素和灰尘极化的区域可能会跟踪潜在的扭结磁场形态。我们还发现,在恢复的磁场方向的逆转并不明确地与任何特定的形态。其他物理参数,如密度或温度,是相关的,有时占主导地位相比,磁场结构在调制所观察到的信号。我们证明了塞曼效应和$RM$恢复视线磁场强度内的一个因素2.1 - 3.4。我们的结论是,磁场形态可能不会明确地确定在低质量系统的尘埃极化,塞曼效应,或$RM$的观测,而磁场强度可以可靠地恢复。

英文摘要:

The degree to which the formation and evolution of clouds and filaments in the interstellar medium is regulated by magnetic fields remains an open question. Yet the fundamental properties of the fields (strength and 3D morphology) are not readily observable. We investigate the potential for recovering magnetic field information from dust polarization, the Zeeman effect, and the Faraday rotation measure ($RM$) in a SILCC-Zoom magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) filament simulation. The object is analyzed at the onset of star formation, and it is characterized by a line-mass of about M/L $\sim 63\ M_{\odot}\ pc^{-1}$ out to a radius of $1\,$pc and a kinked 3D magnetic field morphology. We generate synthetic observations via POLARIS radiative transfer (RT) post-processing, and compare with an analytical model of helical or kinked field morphology to help interpreting the inferred observational signatures. We show that the tracer signals originate close to the filament spine. We find regions along the filament where the angular-dependency with the line-of-sight (LOS) is the dominant factor and dust polarization may trace the underlying kinked magnetic field morphology. We also find that reversals in the recovered magnetic field direction are not unambiguously associated to any particular morphology. Other physical parameters, such as density or temperature, are relevant and sometimes dominant compared to the magnetic field structure in modulating the observed signal. We demonstrate that the Zeeman effect and the $RM$ recover the line-of-sight magnetic field strength to within a factor 2.1 - 3.4. We conclude that the magnetic field morphology may not be unambiguously determined in low-mass systems by observations of dust polarization, Zeeman effect, or $RM$, whereas the field strengths can be reliably recovered.

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