THE MAGNETIC FIELD MORPHOLOGY OF THE CLASS 0 PROTOSTAR L1157-mm

Ian W. Stephens*, Leslie W. Looney, Woojin Kwon, Charles L. H. Hull, Richard L. Plambeck, Richard M. Crutcher, Nicholas Chapman, Giles Novak, Jacqueline Davidson, John E. Vaillancourt, Hiroko Shinnaga, Tristan Matthews

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    We present the first detection of polarization around the Class 0 low-mass protostar L1157-mm at two different wavelengths. We show polarimetric maps at large scales (10 '' resolution at 350 mu m) from the SHARC-II Polarimeter and at smaller scales (1.'' 2-4.'' 5 at 1.3 mm) from the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA). The observations are consistent with each other and show inferred magnetic field lines aligned with the outflow. The CARMA observations suggest a full hourglass magnetic field morphology centered about the core; this is only the second well-defined hourglass detected around a low-mass protostar to date. We apply two different methods to CARMA polarimetric observations to estimate the plane-of-sky magnetic field magnitude, finding values of 1.4 and 3.4 mG.

    Originele taal-2English
    Artikelnummer15
    Aantal pagina's6
    TijdschriftAstrophysical Journal Letters
    Volume769
    Nummer van het tijdschrift1
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    StatusPublished - 20-mei-2013

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