脉冲星和星系磁场
韩金林
(中国科学院国家天文台 北京 100012)
(中国科学院北京大学联合北京天体物理中心 北京 100871)
摘 要
脉冲星的偏振信息是理解脉冲星辐射区的重要手段。利用澳大利亚的64m射电望远镜进行大量的脉冲星观测,得到了一批脉冲星的偏振轮廓和偏振参数;编辑了几乎所有发表的脉冲星轮廓资料,系统总结了脉冲星圆偏振辐射的规律,为理论上解释脉冲星辐射这一重要难题提供观测依据和物理限制。利用脉冲星作为探针,研究了银河系磁场结构和模型,确定了银河系BSS磁场模型。发现了银河系上下反对称的环向磁场,并首次对星系尺度的发电机类型进行判别;证认出A0型发电机运行于银河系;发现了银晕中的垂直磁场和M31及银盘中的非常延展的磁场。探测到NGC2997星系中由内到外的旋涡磁场,并提出可能有两种发电机在这个星系的不同区域运行。
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关键词 |
脉冲星 -
星系 -
磁场 -
偏振 |
分类号 |
P145.6,
P157 |
Pulsar
Studies and Magnetic Fields in Galaxies
Han
JinLin
(National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
100012)
(The Chinese Academy of Sciences-Peking Uninversity Joint Beijing Astrophysics
Center, Beijing 100871)
Abstract
In recent years, I have mainly worked on the two research areas:
pulsar polarization and magnetic fields in galaxies. Together with my
cooperators, we have observed about 150 pulsars in total and will do
another 100 in near future. We did systematical studies on circular
polarization of pulsars and obtained several intriguing results. Using
pulsars as probes, we detected the magnetic field reversals from
spiral arm to arm in our Galaxy. We found that the B-field has a
bi-symmetric structure in the disk. We also obtained the unique
measurements of the vertical component of the B-field in the solar
vicinity. From the anti-symmetric distribution of Galactic rotation
measure sky, we identified the B-field structure produced by A0 dynamo
in the Galactic halo or thick disk. The magnetic fields in the disk of
our Galaxy and M31 were found to be very extended. The spiral B-field
we detected from NGC2997 suggests that there may be two kinds of
dynamos operating in one galaxy. |
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Key words |
pulsar
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magnetic field -
galaxy |
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