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伽马射线暴光学余辉中的偏振吸收线

On the Polarized Absorption Lines in Gamma-ray Burst Optical Afterglows

J. Mao, R. J. Britto, D. A. H. Buckley, S. Covino, P. D'Avanzo, N. P. M. Kuin

摘要:

伽马射线暴(GRB)光学余辉的分光偏振测量包含了连续谱线和吸收谱线的偏振信息。基于塞曼效应,强磁场中的吸收线被极化并分裂成三重态。本文求解了吸收线的偏振辐射转移方程,得到了吸收线的线偏振度随光学深度的变化关系。为了有效地测量吸收线的线性偏振度,需要至少为$10^3$ G的磁场强度。产生偏振吸收线的金属元素应该足够丰富,并且具有大的振荡强度或爱因斯坦吸收系数。我们鼓励偏振测量和吸收线的高色散观测,以检测早期伽玛射线暴光学余辉中的三重态结构。

英文摘要:

Spectropolarimetric measurements of gamma-ray burst (GRB) optical afterglows contain polarization information for both continuum and absorption lines. Based on the Zeeman effect, an absorption line in a strong magnetic field is polarized and split into a triplet. In this paper, we solve the polarization radiative transfer equations of the absorption lines, and obtain the degree of linear polarization of the absorption lines as a function of the optical depth. In order to effectively measure the degree of linear polarization for the absorption lines, a magnetic field strength of at least $10^3$ G is required. The metal elements that produce the polarized absorption lines should be sufficiently abundant and have large oscillation strengths or Einstein absorption coefficients. We encourage both polarization measurements and high-dispersion observations of the absorption lines in order to detect the triplet structure in early GRB optical afterglows.

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