Polarization of thermal molecular lines in the envelope of IK Tauri
Polarization of thermal molecular lines in the envelope of IK Tauri
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IK Tauri 包膜中热分子线的偏振
DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361/201218897
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发表时间:
2012
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
Maercker
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文献类型:
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作者:
Vlemmings;Ramstedt;Maercker
Molecular line polarization is a unique source of information about the magnetic fields and anisotropies in the circumstellar envelopes of evolved stars. Here we present the first detection of thermal CO(J= 2 → 1) and SiO(J= 5 → 4,ν= 0) polarization, in the envelope of the asymptotic giant branch star IK Tau. The observed polarization direction does not match predictions for circumstellar envelope polarization induced only by an anisotropic radiation field. Assuming that the polarization is purely due to the Goldreich-Kylafis effect, the linear polarization direction is defined by the magnetic field as even the small Zeeman splitting of CO and SiO dominates the molecular collisional and spontaneous emission rates. The polarization was mapped using the Submillimeter Array (SMA) and is predominantly north-south. There is close agreement between the CO and SiO observations, even though the CO polarization arises in the circumstellar envelope at ~800 AU and the SiO polarization at ≲ 250 AU. If the polarization indeed traces the magnetic field, we can thus conclude that it maintains a large-scale structure throughout the circumstellar envelope. We propose that the magnetic field, oriented either east-west or north-south is responsible for the east-west elongation of the CO distribution and asymmetries in the dust envelope. In the future, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array will be able to map the magnetic field using CO polarization for a large number of evolved stars.
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DOI:
10.1088/0067-0049/187/1/107
发表时间:
2010
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
影响因子:
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作者:
W. D. Cotton;S. Ragland;E. A. Pluzhnik;W. C. Danchi;W. A. Traub;L. A. Willson;M. G. Lacasse
通讯作者:
M. G. Lacasse
DOI:
10.1086/159663
发表时间:
1982
期刊:
The Astrophysical Journal
影响因子:
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作者:
P. Goldreich;N. Kylafis
通讯作者:
N. Kylafis
DOI:
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发表时间:
2010
期刊:
影响因子:
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作者:
Hyun;F. Wyrowski;K. Menten;L. Decin
通讯作者:
L. Decin
DOI:
--
发表时间:
2005
期刊:
影响因子:
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作者:
P. Cortés;R. Crutcher;W. D. Watson
通讯作者:
W. D. Watson
影响因子:
6.5
作者:
S. Ramstedt;F. Schoeier;H. Olofsson;A. Lundgren
通讯作者:
A. Lundgren