Grain Alignment and Polarized Emission from Magnetized T Tauri Disks

Abstract

The structure of magnetic fields within protostellar disks may be studied via polarimetry provided that grains are aligned in respect to magnetic field within the disks. We explore alignment of dust grains by radiative torque in T Tauri disks and provide predictions for polarized emission for disks viewed at different wavelengths and viewing angles. We show that the alignment is especially efficient in outer part of the disks. In the presence of magnetic field, these aligned grains produce polarized emission in infrared wavelengths. We consider a simple model of an accretion disk and provide predictions for polarization that should be available to both instruments that do not resolve the disks and future instruments that will resolve the disks. As the surface magnetic field and the bulk magnetic field play different roles for the disk dynamics, we consider separately the contributions that arises from the surface areas of the disk and its interior. We find that the polarized emission drops for wavelengths shorter than $\sim 10\mu m$. Between $\sim 10\mu m$ and $\sim 100\mu m$, the polarized emission is dominated by the emission from the surface layer of the disks and the degree of polarization can be as large as $\sim 10$ for unresolved disks. The degree of polarization is around 2-3 % level at wavelengths larger than $\sim 100\mu m$.

17 pages; accepted by ApJ; discussion on scattering has been added

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