Magnetic field in a young circumbinary disk

Abstract

We use polarization observations of a circumbinary disk to investigate how the polarization properties change at distinct frequency bands. Our goal is to discern the main mechanism responsible for the polarization through comparison between our observations and model predictions. We used ALMA to perform full polarization observations at 97.5 GHz, 233 GHz and 343.5 GHz. The target is the Class I object BHB07-11, which is the youngest object in the Barnard 59 protocluster. Complementary VLA observations at 34.5 GHz revealed a binary system within the disk. We detect an extended and structured polarization pattern remarkably consistent among all three bands. The distribution of polarized intensity resembles a horseshoe shape with polarization angles following this morphology. From the spectral index between bands 3 and 7, we derive a dust opacity index $\beta \sim 1$ consistent with maximum grain sizes larger than expected to produce self-scattering polarization in each band. The polarization morphology do not match predictions from self-scattering. On the other hand, marginal correspondence is seen between our maps and predictions from radiation field assuming the brightest binary component as main radiation source. Molecular line data from BHB07-11 indicates disk rotation. We produced synthetic polarization maps from a rotating magnetized disk model assuming combined poloidal and toroidal magnetic field components. The magnetic field vectors (i. e., the polarization vectors rotated by 90$\degr$) are better represented by a model with poloidal magnetic field strength about 3 times the toroidal one. The similarity of our polarization patterns among the three bands provides a strong evidence against self-scattering and radiation fields. On the other hand, our data are reasonably well reproduced by a model of disk with toroidal magnetic field components slightly smaller than poloidal ones.

arXiv comment8 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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