Magnetic field evolution in Bok globules

Details Magnetic field evolution in Bok globules Magnetic field evolution in Bok globules

2003-03-31

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0303652v1

Astrophys.J. 592 (2003) 233-244

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

ApJ, in press

Scientific paper

10.1086/375622

Using the Submillimeter Common-User Bolometer Array (SCUBA) at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), we obtained submillimeter polarization maps of the Bok globules B335, CB230, and CB244 at 850micron. We find strongly aligned polarization vectors in the case of B335 and CB230, indicating a strong coupling of the magnetic field to the dust grains. Based on the distribution of the orientation and strength of the linear polarization we derive the magnetic field strengths in the envelopes of the globules. In agreement with previous submillimeter polarization measurements of Bok globules we find polarization degrees of several percent decreasing towards the centers of the cores. Furthermore, we compare the magnetic field topology with the spatial structure of the globules, in particular with the orientation of the outflows and the orientation of the nonspherical globule cores. In case of the globules B335 and CB230, the outflows are oriented almost perpendicular to the symmetry axis of the globule cores. The magnetic field, however, is aligned with the symmetry axis of the prolate cores in the case of the Bok globules B335 and CB230, while it is slightly aligned with the outflow axis in the case of the Bok globules CB26 and CB54. We discuss the possibility that the different orientations of the magnetic field relative to the outflow directions reflect different evolutionary stages of the single globules. The complete version of this article (containing all figures) can be downloaded from http://spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/swolf/homepage/public/preprints/mfe.ps.gz

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