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Una prevalencia de campos magnéticos generados por dínamo en los núcleos de estrellas de masa intermedia
Dennis Stello1,2, Matteo Cantiello3, Jim Fuller3,4
1Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA), School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
Nature
|January 5, 2016
Resumen
Fuertes campos magnéticos detectados en las estrellas gigantes rojas
Área de la Ciencia:
- Astrofísica estelar
- Magnetohidrodinámica
- Evolución estelar
Sus antecedentes:
- Los campos magnéticos son cruciales en toda la evolución estelar.
- Las estrellas de baja masa generan campos superficiales a través de procesos de dínamo en envolturas convectivas.
- Las estrellas de masa intermedia carecen de envolturas convectivas profundas, pero algunas muestran fuertes campos superficiales, posiblemente de formación.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar la presencia y la fuerza de los campos magnéticos internos en las estrellas gigantes rojas.
- Para entender el papel de los campos magnéticos centrales en la evolución estelar.
- Para determinar la dependencia de masa de la aparición del campo magnético del núcleo.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de las fuerzas del modo de oscilación dipolar en una muestra de 3.600 estrellas gigantes rojas.
- Utilizando asterosismología para sondear las propiedades estelares internas.
- Correlación de la supresión del modo con la presencia de fuertes campos magnéticos del núcleo.
Principales resultados:
- Aproximadamente el 20% de las gigantes rojas exhiben supresión de modo inducida por el campo magnético.
- Los fuertes campos magnéticos del núcleo se encuentran exclusivamente en gigantes rojas con masas mayores a 1.1 masas solares.
- La tasa de ocurrencia de campos de núcleo fuerte alcanza al menos el 50% en gigantes rojos de masa intermedia (1.6-2.0 masas solares).
Conclusiones:
- Las dinamos poderosas prevalecían en los núcleos convectivos de las estrellas de masa intermedia.
- Los campos magnéticos internos en las gigantes rojas son fuertemente dependientes de la masa.
- Estos hallazgos proporcionan nuevos conocimientos sobre la generación y supervivencia de los campos magnéticos durante la evolución estelar.
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