发现棕矮星LP944-20的无线电辐射
1Division of Physics, Mathematics & Astronomy 105-24, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. ejb@astro.caltech.edu
Nature
|March 27, 2001
概括
从棕矮星LP944-20中检测到无线电辐射,挑战了现有的模型. 这一发现表明LP944-20的磁场比预期的弱,这解释了其微弱的X射线和光学信号.
科学领域:
- 天文学和天体物理学
- 恒星物理 恒星物理
- 太阳系外行星研究
背景情况:
- 棕矮星是星下物体,它们太小,无法进行聚变,但能够燃烧.
- 较年轻的棕矮星 (大约10亿年) 预计将具有短暂的磁场和弱的无线电/X射线辐射.
- 之前对棕矮星LP944-20的观测结果对光学活动和一个X射线搜索产生了负结果,尽管最近发现了X射线耀斑.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究棕矮星LP944-20的无线电发射特性.
- 为了将无线电和X射线的亮度与恒星的经验关系进行比较.
- 了解磁场强度及其对观测到的辐射的影响.
主要方法:
- 来自LP944-20的静止和发光无线电辐射的检测.
- 分析与X射线亮度相关的无线电亮度.
- 使用同步发射模型解释无线电数据.
主要成果:
- 从LP944-20发现了显著的无线电辐射,比恒星X射线/无线电关系预测的要高数量级.
- 与活跃的M矮星相比,LP944-20的磁场异常弱.
- 弱磁场可能解释了以前未被检测到的光学和X射线信号以及强烈的无线电辐射.
结论:
- 来自LP944-20的无线电辐射明显偏离了已建立的恒星实证关系.
- 棕矮星的弱磁场是理解其发射特征的关键因素.
- 需要进一步的研究来完善棕矮星的磁活性和辐射模型.
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