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在恒星主要序列末端的磁层驱动的光学和无线电极光
G Hallinan1, S P Littlefair2, G Cotter3
1California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
Nature
|July 31, 2015
概括
天文学家探测到一颗由磁层驱动的恒星发出的无线电和光学极光. 这一发现表明极光是常见的,并且可能比木星更强大, 可能会影响棕矮星的天气.
科学领域:
- * 星球科学
- * 天体物理学
- 太空物理
背景情况:
- * 在磁化行星上观察到极光,
- * 由于大气相互作用,气体巨星会呈现出无线电,红外,光学,紫外和X射线的极光辐射.
- * 恒星磁场活动通常起源于较低的大气层,与行星极光不同.
研究的目的:
- * 报告从星棕矮星边界附近的物体同时探测到的无线电和光学极光辐射.
- * 研究这些辐射的能量来源和特征,并将它们与行星极光进行比较.
- * 探索这些发现对理解磁层和恒星/亚恒星现象的影响.
主要方法:
- *同时进行无线电和光学光谱观测.
- * 分析恒星主序末端的一颗恒星的极光辐射.
- 磁层电流系统和能量合的特征.
主要成果:
- *从观察到的物体中检测出无线电和光学极光辐射.
- 证实这些极光是由来自外磁层的磁层电流驱动的.
- 散的能量至少比木星的磁层大四倍.
- * 极光被确定为大规模磁层的潜在无处不在的特征.
结论:
- * 极光不仅限于行星,而且可以出现在恒星主序末端的物体上.
- *这些物体中的磁层过程可以为比我们太阳系中观察到的光度高得多的极光提供动力.
- 这些磁层电流系统可能会影响棕矮星的天气现象.
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