2021ApJ...922..139T


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2021ApJ...922..139T - Astrophys. J., 922, 139-139 (2021/December-1)

Discovery of molecular-line polarization in the disk of TW Hya.

TEAGUE R., HULL C.L.H., GUILLOTEAU S., BERGIN E.A., DUTREY A., HENNING T., KUIPER R., SEMENOV D., STEPHENS I.W. and VLEMMINGS W.H.T.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report observations of polarized line and continuum emission from the disk of TW Hya using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. We target three emission lines, 12CO (3-2), 13CO (3-2), and CS (7-6), to search for linear polarization due to the Goldreich-Kylafis effect, while simultaneously tracing the continuum polarization morphology at 332 GHz (900 µm), achieving a spatial resolution of 0.''5 (30 au). We detect linear polarization in the dust continuum emission; the polarization position angles show an azimuthal morphology, and the median polarization fraction is ∼0.2%, comparable to previous, lower frequency observations. Adopting a "shift-and-stack" technique to boost the sensitivity of the data, combined with a linear combination of the Q and U components to account for their azimuthal dependence, we detect weak linear polarization of 12CO and 13CO line emission at a ∼10σ and ∼5σ significance, respectively. The polarization was detected in the line wings, reaching a peak polarization fraction of ∼5% and ∼3% for the two molecules between disk radii of 0.''5 and 1''. The sign of the polarization was found to flip from the blueshifted side of the emission to the redshifted side, suggesting a complex, asymmetric polarization morphology. Polarization is not robustly detected for the CS emission; however, a tentative signal, comparable in morphology to that found for the 12CO and 13CO emission, is found at a <=3σ significance. We are able to reconstruct a polarization morphology, consistent with the azimuthally averaged profiles, under the assumption that this is also azimuthally symmetric, which can be compared with future higher-sensitivity observations.

Abstract Copyright: © 2021. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): Circumstellar disks - Radio interferometry - Polarimetry - Submillimeter astronomy

Simbad objects: 11

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Number of rows : 11
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 V* DG Tau TT* 04 27 04.6921275888 +26 06 16.060169268 13.57 13.97 10.50 12.28   K6Ve 1092 1
2 V* HL Tau Or* 04 31 38.5107609312 +18 13 57.859747968   15.89 14.49 14.39   K5 1546 0
3 V* DM Tau Or* 04 33 48.7336763736 +18 10 09.973460280 14.30 14.82 14.00     M2Ve 731 0
4 QSO B1034-293 Bla 10 37 16.07974265 -29 34 02.8134977   16.46 16.46 17.54   ~ 358 1
5 4C 01.28 BLL 10 58 29.60520810 +01 33 58.8237454   18.74 18.28 16.68   ~ 828 2
6 V* TW Hya TT* 11 01 51.9053285064 -34 42 17.033218380   11.94 10.50 10.626 9.18 K6Ve 2144 1
7 3C 279 Bla 12 56 11.16657958 -05 47 21.5251510   18.01 17.75 15.87   ~ 3205 2
8 QSO B1334-127 Bla 13 37 39.78278132 -12 57 24.6933925   18.5 19.00 16.22   ~ 540 1
9 THA 15-12 Or* 15 56 09.2066646912 -37 56 06.126118692   13.12 11.93 11.45   M0e 554 0
10 HD 142527 Ae* 15 56 41.8882637904 -42 19 23.248281828   9.04 8.34     F6III 741 1
11 EM* AS 209 TT* 16 49 15.3034917000 -14 22 08.643317664   12.62 11.28     K4Ve 494 0

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