2016A&A...586A.137P

Query : 2016A&A...586A.137P

2016A&A...586A.137P - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 586A137-137 (2016/2-1)

Planck intermediate results. XXXIV. The magnetic field structure in the Rosette Nebula.

PLANCK COLLABORATION, AGHANIM N., ALVES M.I.R., ARNAUD M., ARZOUMANIAN D., AUMONT J., BACCIGALUPI C., BANDAY A.J., BARREIRO R.B., BARTOLO N., BATTANER E., BENABED K., BENOIT-LEVY A., BERNARD J.-P., BERSANELLI M., BIELEWICZ P., BONALDI A., BONAVERA L., BOND J.R., BORRILL J., BOUCHET F.R., BOULANGER F., BRACCO A., BURIGANA C., CALABRESE E., CARDOSO J.-F., CATALANO A., CHAMBALLU A., CHIANG H.C., CHRISTENSEN P.R., COLOMBI S., COLOMBO L.P.L., COMBET C., COUCHOT F., CRILL B.P., CURTO A., CUTTAIA F., DANESE L., DAVIES R.D., DAVIS R.J., DE BERNARDIS P., DE ROSA A., DE ZOTTI G., DELABROUILLE J., DICKINSON C., DIEGO J.M., DOLE H., DONZELLI S., DORE O., DOUSPIS M., DUCOUT A., DUPAC X., EFSTATHIOU G., ELSNER F., ENSSLIN T.A., ERIKSEN H.K., FALGARONE E., FERRIERE K., FINELLI F., FORNI O., FRAILIS M., FRAISSE A.A., FRANCESCHI E., FREJSEL A., GALEOTTA S., GALLI S., GANGA K., GHOSH T., GIARD M., GJERLOW E., GONZALEZ-NUEVO J., GORSKI K.M., GREGORIO A., GRUPPUSO A., GUILLET V., HANSEN F.K., HANSON D., HARRISON D.L., HENROT-VERSILLE S., HERRANZ D., HILDEBRANDT S.R., HIVON E., HOBSON M., HOLMES W.A., HORNSTRUP A., HOVEST W., HUFFENBERGER K.M., HURIER G., JAFFE A.H., JAFFE T.R., JEWELL J., JUVELA M., KESKITALO R., KISNER T.S., KNOCHE J., KUNZ M., KURKI-SUONIO H., LAGACHE G., LAMARRE J.-M., LASENBY A., LATTANZI M., LAWRENCE C.R., LEONARDI R., LEVRIER F., LIGUORI M., LILJE P.B., LINDEN-VORNLE M., LOPEZ-CANIEGO M., LUBIN P.M., MACIAS-PEREZ J.F., MAFFEI B., MAINO D., MANDOLESI N., MANGILLI A., MARIS M., MARTIN P.G., MARTINEZ-GONZALEZ E., MASI S., MATARRESE S., MELCHIORRI A., MENDES L., MENNELLA A., MIGLIACCIO M., MIVILLE-DESCHENES M.-A., MONETI A., MONTIER L., MORGANTE G., MORTLOCK D., MOSS A., MUNSHI D., MURPHY J.A., NASELSKY P., NATI F., NATOLI P., NETTERFIELD C.B., NOVIELLO F., NOVIKOV D., NOVIKOV I., OPPERMANN N., PAGANO L., PAJOT F., PALADINI R., PAOLETTI D., PASIAN F., PATANCHON G., PERDEREAU O., PETTORINO V., PIACENTINI F., PIAT M., PIETROBON D., PLASZCZYNSKI S., POINTECOUTEAU E., POLENTA G., PONTHIEU N., PRATT G.W., PREZEAU G., PRUNET S., PUGET J.-L., REBOLO R., REINECKE M., REMAZEILLES M., RENAULT C., RENZI A., RISTORCELLI I., ROCHA G., ROSSET C., ROSSETTI M., ROUDIER G., RUBINO-MARTIN J.A., RUSHOLME B., SANDRI M., SANTOS D., SAVELAINEN M., SAVINI G., SCOTT D., SOLER J.D., SPENCER L.D., STOLYAROV V., SUTTON D., SUUR-USKI A.-S., SYGNET J.-F., TAUBER J.A., TERENZI L., TOFFOLATTI L., TOMASI M., TRISTRAM M., TUCCI M., TUOVINEN J., VALENZIANO L., VALIVIITA J., VAN TENT B., VIELVA P., VILLA F., WADE L.A., WANDELT B.D., WEHUS I.K., WIESEMEYER H., YVON D., ZACCHEI A. and ZONCA A.

Abstract (from CDS):

Planck has mapped the polarized dust emission over the whole sky, making it possible to trace the Galactic magnetic field structure that pervades the interstellar medium (ISM). We combine polarization data from Planck with rotation measure (RM) observations towards a massive star-forming region, the Rosette Nebula in the Monoceros molecular cloud, to study its magnetic field structure and the impact of an expanding HII region on the morphology of the field. We derive an analytical solution for the magnetic field, assumed to evolve from an initially uniform configuration following the expansion of ionized gas and the formation of a shell of swept-up ISM. From the RM data we estimate a mean value of the line-of-sight component of the magnetic field of about 3µG (towards the observer) in the Rosette Nebula, for a uniform electron density of about 12cm3. The dust shell that surrounds the Rosette HII region is clearly observed in the Planck intensity map at 353GHz, with a polarization signal significantly different from that of the local background when considered as a whole. The Planck observations constrain the plane-of-the-sky orientation of the magnetic field in the Rosette's parent molecular cloud to be mostly aligned with the large-scale field along the Galactic plane. The Planck data are compared with the analytical model, which predicts the mean polarization properties of a spherical and uniform dust shell for a given orientation of the field. This comparison leads to an upper limit of about 45° on the angle between the line of sight and the magnetic field in the Rosette complex, for an assumed intrinsic dust polarization fraction of 4%. This field direction can reproduce the RM values detected in the ionized region if the magnetic field strength in the Monoceros molecular cloud is in the range 6.5-9µG. The present analytical model is able to reproduce the RM distribution across the ionized nebula, as well as the mean dust polarization properties of the swept-up shell, and can be directly applied to other similar objects.

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Journal keyword(s): ISM: magnetic fields - polarization - radiation mechanisms: general - radio continuum: ISM - submillimeter: ISM

Simbad objects: 17

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Number of rows : 17
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 NAME Per Arm PoG 03 30 +45.0           ~ 1672 0
2 * lam Ori ** 05 35 08.27761 +09 56 02.9611 2.45 3.48 3.66 3.72 3.89 O8IIIf+B0.5V 327 0
3 NAME lam Ori Molecular Ring HII 05 35.3 +09 56           ~ 82 1
4 NAME Ori B MoC 05 41 43.0 -01 54 44           ~ 1498 0
5 [SSF2013] I6 Rad 06 30 50.0243473392 +05 29 27.231185688           ~ 2 0
6 [SSF2013] I7 Rad 06 31 24.28 +05 02 50.8           ~ 3 0
7 [SSF2013] I8 Rad 06 31 34.31 +04 22 34.4           ~ 3 0
8 NAME Rosette OB Association As* 06 31.7 +04 58           ~ 148 0
9 NGC 2244 OpC 06 32 06.9 +04 54 19           ~ 673 1
10 NAME Rosette Nebula HII 06 32 26.76 +04 47 37.1           ~ 522 1
11 [SSF2013] I10 Rad 06 32 31.12 +05 30 32.7           ~ 3 0
12 [SSF2013] I12 Rad 06 33 03.14 +04 44 56.0           ~ 3 0
13 [SSF2013] I15 Rad 06 34 00.01 +05 10 42.8           ~ 3 0
14 NAME Rosette Molecular Cloud MoC 06 34.7 +04 02           ~ 277 0
15 NAME Mon I MoC 06 35 +10.1           ~ 268 0
16 NAME MONOCEROS NEB SNR 06 38 43 +06 30.2           ~ 264 0
17 LBN 29 HII 18 10.6 -23 59           ~ 23 1

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