Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-02-22
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in the PASJ (Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan). 27 pages, including 11 figures. The
Scientific paper
We conducted wide-field JHKs imaging polarimetry toward NGC 2024. We found a prominent and extended polarized nebula over NGC 2024, and constrained the location of illuminating source of the nebula through the analysis of polarization vectors. A massive star, IRS 2b, is located in the center of the symmetric vector pattern. Five small polarized nebulae associated with YSOs are discovered on our polarization images. These nebulae are responsible for the structures of circumstellar matter that produce strongly polarized light through dust scattering. For the point-like sources, we performed software aperture polarimetry in order to measure integrated polarizations, and found five young brown dwarfs with highly polarized integrated emission. These sources serve as direct evidence for the existence of disk/envelope system around brown dwarfs. We investigated the magnetic field structure of NGC 2024 through the measurements of dichroic polarization. The average position angle of projected magnetic fields across the region is found to be 110 degrees. We found a good consistency in magnetic field structures obtained using near-infrared dichroic polarization and sub-mm/far-infrared dust emission polarization, indicating that the dichroic polarizations at near-infrared wavelengths trace magnetic field structures inside dense molecular clouds.
Hashimoto Jun
Hough James
Ishihara Akihiko
Kandori Ryo
Kusakabe Nobuhiko
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