Dinamos en estrellas asintóticas de rama gigante como el origen de los campos magnéticos que dan forma a las nebulosas planetarias
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Magnetically Induced Rotating Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
Published on: March 3, 2017
E G Blackman1, A Frank, J A Markiel
1Department of Physics and Astronomy and CEK Mees Observatory, University of Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA.
Nature
|February 24, 2001
Resumen
Las estrellas asintóticas de rama gigante generan campos magnéticos a través de una dínamo, lo que explica las formas de las nebulosas planetarias bipolares. Este proceso también explica la lenta rotación de la enana blanca.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La astrofísica es la astrofísica.
- Evolución Estelar Evolución Estelar
- Formación de las nebulosas planetarias.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las nebulosas planetarias se forman por los vientos estelares de las estrellas gigantes que pasan a ser enanas blancas.
- La mayoría de las nebulosas planetarias no son esféricas, lo que desafía los modelos de formación existentes.
- El origen de los campos magnéticos capaces de dar forma a estas nebulosas no ha sido claro.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar la generación de campos magnéticos en estrellas asintóticas gigantes de rama.
- Para explicar la formación de nebulosas planetarias no esféricas.
- Para entender la lenta rotación de las estrellas enanas blancas.
Principales métodos:
- Investigó la generación de dínamos en la interfaz del núcleo y la envolvente de una estrella.
- Modelado la intensidad del campo magnético y las capacidades de colimación.
- Se analizaron las implicaciones para la rotación del núcleo estelar.
Principales resultados:
- Las estrellas asintóticas de rama gigante pueden generar fuertes campos magnéticos a través de una dinamo de envoltura de núcleo.
- Estos campos magnéticos son suficientes para dar forma a las salidas bipolares, creando las nebulosas no esféricas observadas.
- El frenado magnético durante la generación del campo puede explicar la lenta rotación de la enana blanca.
Conclusiones:
- Un mecanismo de dínamo estelar explica el origen de los campos magnéticos en estrellas asintóticas gigantes de rama.
- Los campos magnéticos son cruciales para dar forma a las nebulosas planetarias bipolares.
- El proceso ofrece una solución al rompecabezas de la lenta rotación de la enana blanca.
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