Polarisation of molecular lines in the circumstellar envelope of the post-Asymptotic Giant Branch star OH 17.7-2.0
arXiv:2302.01112 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244912
Abstract
(abridged) The role of magnetic field in the shaping of Planetary Nebulae (PNe), either directly or indirectly after being enhanced by binary interaction, has long been a topic of debate. Large scale magnetic fields around pre-PNe have been inferred from polarisation observations of masers. However, because masers probe very specific regions, it is still unclear if the maser results are representative of the intrinsic magnetic field in the circumstellar envelope (CSE). Molecular line polarisation can provide important information about the magnetic field. A comparison between the field morphology determined from maser observations and that observed in the more diffuse CO gas, can reveal if the two tracers probe the same magnetic field. We compare observations taken with ALMA of molecular line polarisation around the post-Asymptotic Giant Branch)/pre-PNe star OH~17.7-2.0 with previous observations of polarisation in the 1612~MHz OH maser region. We detect CO~ molecular line polarisation at a level of that displays an ordered linear polarisation structure. We find that, correcting for Faraday rotation of the OH~maser linear polarisation vectors, the OH and CO linearly polarised emission trace the same large scale magnetic field. A structure function analysis of the CO linear polarisation reveals a plane-of-the-sky magnetic field strength of ~mG in the CO region, consistent with previous OH Zeeman observations. The consistency of the ALMA CO molecular line polarisation with maser observations indicate that both can be used to determine the magnetic field in CSEs. The existence of a strong, ordered, magnetic-field around OH 17.7-2.0 indicates that magnetic fields are likely involved in the formation of this bipolar pre-PNe.
arXiv comment13 pages, 9 figures; accepted for publication in A&A
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