期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
卷 792, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/792/1/L18
关键词
radiation mechanisms: non-thermal; stars: individual (DG Tau); stars: low-mass; stars: mass-loss
资金
- Science Foundation Ireland [11/RFP/AST3331]
- European Research Council [ERC-2012-StG-307215 LODE-STONE]
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/K006096/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- STFC [ST/K006096/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Synchrotron emission has recently been detected in the jet of a massive protostar, providing further evidence that certain jet formation characteristics for young stars are similar to those found for highly relativistic jets from active galactic nuclei. We present data at 325 and 610 MHz taken with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope of the young, low-mass star DG Tau, an analog of the Sun soon after its birth. This is the first investigation of a low-mass young stellar object at such low frequencies. We detect emission with a synchrotron spectral index in the proximity of the DG Tau jet and interpret this emission as a prominent bow shock associated with this outflow. This result provides tentative evidence for the acceleration of particles to relativistic energies due to the shock impact of this otherwise very low-power jet against the ambient medium. We calculate the equipartition magnetic field strength B-min approximate to 0.11 mG and particle energy E-min approximate to 4 x 10(40) erg, which are the minimum requirements to account for the synchrotron emission of the DG Tau bow shock. These results suggest the possibility of low energy cosmic rays being generated by young Sun-like stars.
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