Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-10-14
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in A&A
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20066090
We intend to investigate separately the photospheric and circumstellar (CS) magnetic field components in seven Herbig Ae stars. The study is based on low-resolution (R ~ 2000 and 4000) spectropolarimetric data collected from 2003 to 2005 at the Very Large Telescope (ESO, Chile) with the multi-mode instrument FORS1. We show that the spectropolarimetric results strongly depend on the level of CS contribution to the stellar spectra. We have improved the determination accuracy of magnetic fields up to the 7 sigma level in the two Herbig Ae stars HD139614 and HD144432, observed in 2005 when these objects were at a low level state of their CS activity. We have established that at a higher level state of CS activity the polarisation signatures are related mainly to the CS matter. The presence of CS polarisation signatures formed in the stellar wind supports the assumption that the magnetic centrifuge is a principal mechanism of wind acceleration. We conclude that the most effective way to investigate the magnetism of Herbig Ae stars is to monitor their spectropolarimetric behaviour at different states of CS activity. Obviously, higher resolution spectropolarimetric observations would extend the sample of spectral lines to be used for the measurements of magnetic fields at different levels in the stellar atmosphere and CS envelope. Such observations will give a more complete insight into the magnetic topology in Herbig Ae stars.
Hubrig Svetlana
Pogodin Michail A.
Schnerr R. S.
Schoeller Markus
Yudin Ruslan V.
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