[BHB2007] 11 full stokes continuum ALMA images Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Alves F.O.
  2. Girart J.M.
  3. Padovani M.
  4. Galli D.
  5. Franco G.A.P.
  6. Caselli. P.,Vlemmings W.H.T.
  7. Zhang Q.
  8. Wiesemeyer H.
  9. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Polarized continuum emission at millimeter/sub-millimeter wavelengths is usually attributed to thermal emission from dust grains aligned through radiative torques with the magnetic field. However, recent theoretical work has shown that under specific conditions polarization may arise from self-scattering of thermal emission and by radiation fields from a nearby stellar object. We use multi-frequency polarization observations of a circumbinary disk to investigate how the polarization properties change at distinct frequency bands. Our goal is to discern the main mechanism responsible for the polarization through comparison between our observations and model predictions for each of the proposed mechanisms. We used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array to perform full polarization observations at 97.5GHz (Band 3), 233GHz (Band 6) and 343.5GHz (Band 7). The ALMA data have a mean spatial resolution of 28AU. The target is the Class I object BHB07-11, which is the youngest object in the Barnard 59 protocluster. Complementary Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array observations at 34.5GHz were also performed and revealed a binary system at centimetric continuum emission within the disk. We detect an extended and structured polarization pattern remarkably consistent among all three bands. The distribution of polarized intensity resembles a horseshoe shape with polarization angles following this morphology. From the spectral index between bands 3 and 7, we derive a dust opacity index beta ~1 consistent with maximum grain sizes larger than expected to produce self-scattering polarization in each band. The polarization morphology and the polarization levels do not match predictions from self-scattering. On the other hand, marginal correspondence is seen between our maps and predictions from radiation field assuming the brightest binary component as main radiation source. Previous molecular line data from BHB07-11 indicates disk rotation. We used the DustPol module of the ARTIST radiative transfer tool to produce synthetic polarization maps from a rotating magnetized disk model assuming combined poloidal and toroidal magnetic field components. The magnetic field vectors (i. e., the polarization vectors rotated by 90 degrees) are better represented by a model with poloidal magnetic field strength about 3 times the toroidal one. The similarity of our polarization patterns among the three bands provides a strong evidence against self-scattering and radiation fields. On the other hand, our data are reasonably well reproduced by a model of disk with toroidal magnetic field components slightly smaller than poloidal ones. The residual is likely due to the internal twisting of the magnetic field due to the binary system dynamics, which is not considered in our model.

Keywords
  1. young-stellar-objects
  2. magnetic-fields
  3. polarimetry
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2018A&A...616A..56A
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