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关于II恒星磁场的起源:数值分辨率的影响

On the origin of magnetic fields in stars II: The effect of numerical resolution

James Wurster, Matthew R. Bate, Daniel J. Price, Ian A. Bonnell

摘要:

在年轻恒星中观测到的千克级磁场是它们形成时遗留下来的化石场,还是由发电机产生的?我们以前的数值研究得出结论,磁场必须起源于发电机过程。在这里,我们继续调查进行更高的数值分辨率计算的引力坍缩的1~M $_\odot$旋转,磁化分子云核心通过第一和第二塌缩阶段,直到恒星密度达到。每个模型包括欧姆电阻率、双极扩散和霍尔效应。我们测试了六个数值分辨率,使用$10^5$和$3\times10^7$粒子来模拟云。除了最低的分辨率,磁壁形成在第一流体静力学核心的外部,最大磁场强度位于壁内,而不是在核心的中心。在高分辨率下,该磁壁被霍尔效应破坏,产生具有螺旋形强度分布的磁场。当第二次坍缩发生时,这个场被向内拖动并增强,最大场强随着分辨率的增加而增加。在最高分辨率模拟中,第二核形成时的最大场强超过1~kG,在最高分辨率模拟中,星核场强超过了这个阈值。我们的分辨率研究表明,KG强度的磁场可能在低质量恒星形成期间被植入其中,并且可能持续很长的时间尺度,因为磁场的扩散时间尺度超过了宇宙的年龄。

英文摘要:

Are the kG-strength magnetic fields observed in young stars a fossil field left over from their formation or are they generated by a dynamo? Our previous numerical study concluded that magnetic fields must originate by a dynamo process. Here, we continue that investigation by performing even higher numerical resolution calculations of the gravitational collapse of a 1~M$_\odot$ rotating, magnetised molecular cloud core through the first and second collapse phases until stellar densities are reached. Each model includes Ohmic resistivity, ambipolar diffusion, and the Hall effect. We test six numerical resolutions, using between $10^5$ and $3\times10^7$ particles to model the cloud. At all but the lowest resolutions, magnetic walls form in the outer parts of the first hydrostatic core, with the maximum magnetic field strength located within the wall rather than at the centre of the core. At high resolution, this magnetic wall is disrupted by the Hall effect, producing a magnetic field with a spiral-shaped distribution of intensity. As the second collapse occurs, this field is dragged inward and grows in strength, with the maximum field strength increasing with resolution. As the second core forms, the maximum field strength exceeds 1~kG in our highest resolution simulations, and the stellar core field strength exceeds this threshold at the highest resolution. Our resolution study suggests that kG-strength magnetic fields may be implanted in low-mass stars during their formation, and may persist over long timescales given that the diffusion timescale for the magnetic field exceeds the age of the Universe.

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