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Limits on the Magnetic Flux of a Pre-Main Sequence Star

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

G. Basri  and
G.W. Marcy
G. Basri
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of California, Berkeley
G.W. Marcy
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, San Francisco State University

Abstract

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We attempt to detect a magnetic field on the weak T Tauri star, TAP35, via the enhanced equivalent widths of Zeeman-broadened absorption lines. We synthesize 25 Fe I lines, having a range of Zeeman sensitivities, using an LTE Stokes line-transfer calculation. The oscillator strengths of all lines are empirically determined a priori using the same line-transfer code applied to the spectrum of the magnetically quiet star, τ Ceti. The Fe abundance of TAP35 was established by synthesizing lines that are insensitive to Zeeman splitting. We find that the equivalent widths, Weq, of Zeeman-sensitive lines in TAP35 are systematically enhanced relative to the Zeeman-insensitive lines, consistent with the presence of widespread, kilogauss fields. The excess Weq can be explained by a product of field strength and surface filling factor (Bf) of 1 kiloGauss. A strong upper limit can be placed on the product of those two quantities, Bf < 2 kG. This measurement bears on the physics of T Tauri coronae, chromospheres, dynamos, and accretion-disk boundary layers.

Type
Part IV Stellar activity
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 130: The Sun and Cool Stars: activity, magnetism, dynamos , 1991 , pp. 401 - 406
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1991

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