期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 537, 期 2, 页码 L135-L138出版社
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/312764
关键词
ISM : clouds; ISM : individual (L43, L183, L1544); ISM : magnetic fields; stars : formation
We present the first published maps of magnetic fields in prestellar cores to test theoretical ideas about the way in which the magnetic field geometry affects the star formation process. The observations are JCMT-SCUBA maps of lambda 850 mu m thermal emission from dust. Linear polarizations at typically 10 or more independent positions in each of three objects, L1544, L183, and LA3, were measured, and the geometries of the magnetic fields in the plane of the sky were mapped from the polarization directions. The observed polarizations in all three objects appear smooth and fairly uniform. In L1544 and L183 the mean magnetic fields are at an angle of similar to 30 degrees to the minor axes of the cores. The L43 B-field appears to have been influenced in its southern half such that it is parallel to the wall of a cavity produced by a CO outflow from a nearby T Tauri star, while in the northern half the field appears less disturbed and has an angle 44 degrees to the core minor axis. We briefly compare our results with published models of magnetized cloud cores and conclude that no current model can explain these observations simultaneously with previous ISOCAM data.
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