Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-10-31
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, 5 figures, Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal, Feb 20, 2002 issue
Scientific paper
10.1086/338336
We present the first interferometric polarization maps of the NGC2024 FIR5 molecular core obtained with the BIMA array at approximately 2 arcsec resolution. We measure an average position angle of -60+-6 degrees in the main core of FIR5 and 54+-9 degrees in the eastern wing of FIR5. The morphology of the polarization angles in the main core of FIR5 suggests that the field lines are parabolic with a symmetry axis approximately parallel to the major axis of the putative disk in FIR5, which is consistent with the theoretical scenario that the gravitational collapse pulled the field lines into an hour-glass shape. The polarization percentage decreases toward regions with high intensity and close to the center of the core, suggesting that the dust alignment efficiency may decrease at high density. The plane-of-sky field strength can be estimated with the modified Chandrasekhar-Fermi formula, and the small dispersion of the polarization angles in FIR5 suggests that the magnetic field is strong ($\gtrsim$ 2mG) and perhaps dominates the turbulent motions in the core.
Crutcher Richard M.
Girart Josep Miquel
Lai Shih-Ping
Rao Ramprasad
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