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Discovery of Molecular Line Polarization in the Disk of TW Hya

dc.contributor.authorTEAGUE, Richard
dc.contributor.authorHULL, Charles
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] [LAB]
dc.contributor.authorGUILLOTEAU, S.
dc.contributor.authorBERGIN, Edwin
dc.contributor.authorDUTREY, Anne
dc.contributor.authorHENNING, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorKUIPER, Rolf
dc.contributor.authorSEMENOV, Dmitry
dc.contributor.authorSTEPHENS, Ian
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X
dc.description.abstractEnWe report observations of polarized line and continuum emission from the disk of TW Hya using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. We target three emission lines, 12 CO (3-2), 13 CO (3-2) and CS (7-6), to search for linear polarization due to the Goldreich-Kylafis effect, while simultaneously tracing the continuum polarization morphology at 332 GHz (900 µm), achieving a spatial resolution of 0.5 (30 au). We detect linear polarization in the dust continuum emission; the polarization position angles show an azimuthal morphology, and the median polarization fraction is ∼ 0.2%, comparable to previous, lower frequency observations. Adopting a 'shift-and-stack' technique to boost the sensitivity of the data, combined with a linear combination of the Q and U components to account for their azimuthal dependence, we detect weak linear polarization of 12 CO and 13 CO line emission at a ∼ 10σ and ∼ 5σ significance, respectively. The polarization was detected in the line wings, reaching a peak polarization fraction of ∼ 5% and ∼ 3% for the two molecules between disk radii of 0. 5 and 1. The sign of the polarization was found to flip from the blue-shifted side of the emission to the red-shifted side, suggesting a complex, asymmetric polarization morphology. Polarization is not robustly detected for the CS emission; however, a tentative signal, comparable in morphology to that found for the 12 CO and 13 CO emission, is found at a 3σ significance. We are able to reconstruct a polarization morphology, consistent with the azimuthally averaged profiles, under the assumption that this is also azimuthally symmetric, which can be compared with future higher-sensitivity observations.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Astronomical Society
dc.subject.enCircumstellar disks (235)
dc.subject.enRadio interferometry (1346)
dc.subject.enPolarimetry (1278)
dc.subject.enSubmillimeter astronomy (1647)
dc.title.enDiscovery of Molecular Line Polarization in the Disk of TW Hya
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.3847/1538-4357/ac2503
dc.subject.halPlanète et Univers [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Astrophysique galactique [astro-ph.GA]
bordeaux.journalThe Astrophysical Journal
bordeaux.volume922
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-03455233
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceInternationale
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-03455233v1
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