JCMT BISTRO Survey: Magnetic Fields within the Hub-filament Structure in IC 5146
Jia-Wei Wang
,
Shih-Ping Lai
,
Chakali Eswaraiah
,
Kate Pattle
,
James Di Francesco
,
Doug Johnstone
,
Patrick M. Koch
,
Tie Liu
,
Motohide Tamura
,
Ray S. Furuya
,
Takashi Onaka
,
Derek Ward-Thompson
,
Archana Soam
,
Kee-Tae Kim
,
Chang Won Lee
,
Chin-Fei Lee
,
Steve Mairs
,
Doris Arzoumanian
,
Gwanjeong Kim
,
Thiem Hoang
,
Jihye Hwang
,
Sheng-Yuan Liu
,
David Berry
,
Pierre Bastien
,
Tetsuo Hasegawa
,
Woojin Kwon
,
Keping Qiu
,
Philippe André
,
Yusuke Aso
,
Do-Young Byun
,
Huei-Ru Chen
,
Michael C. Chen
,
Wen Ping Chen
,
Tao-Chung Ching
,
Jungyeon Cho
,
Minho Choi
,
Antonio Chrysostomou
,
Eun Jung Chung
,
Simon Coudé
,
Yasuo Doi
,
C. Darren Dowell
,
Emily Drabek-Maunder
,
Hao-Yuan Duan
,
Stewart P. S. Eyres
,
Sam Falle
,
Lapo Fanciullo
,
Jason Fiege
,
Erica Franzmann
,
Per Friberg
,
Rachel K. Friesen
,
Gary Fuller
,
Tim Gledhill
,
Sarah F. Graves
,
Jane S. Greaves
,
Matt J. Griffin
,
Qilao Gu
,
Ilseung Han
,
Jennifer Hatchell
,
Saeko S. Hayashi
,
Wayne Holland
,
Martin Houde
,
Tsuyoshi Inoue
,
Shu-Ichiro Inutsuka
,
Kazunari Iwasaki
,
Il-Gyo Jeong
,
Yoshihiro Kanamori
,
Ji-Hyun Kang
,
Miju Kang
,
Sung-Ju Kang
,
Akimasa Kataoka
,
Koji S. Kawabata
,
Francisca Kemper
,
Jongsoo Kim
,
Kyoung Hee Kim
,
Mi-Ryang Kim
,
Shinyoung Kim
,
Jason M. Kirk
,
Masato I. N. Kobayashi
,
Vera Konyves
,
Jungmi Kwon
,
Kevin M. Lacaille
,
Hyeseung Lee
,
Jeong-Eun Lee
,
Sang-Sung Lee
,
Yong-Hee Lee
,
Dalei Li
,
Di Li
,
Hua-Bai Li
,
Hong-Li Liu
,
Junhao Liu
,
A. -Ran Lyo
,
Masafumi Matsumura
,
Brenda C. Matthews
,
Gerald H. Moriarty-Schieven
,
Tetsuya Nagata
,
Fumitaka Nakamura
,
Hiroyuki Nakanishi
,
Nagayoshi Ohashi
,
Geumsook Park
,
Harriet Parsons
,
Enzo Pascale
,
Nicolas Peretto
,
Andy Pon
,
Tae-Soo Pyo
,
Lei Qian
,
Ramprasad Rao
,
Mark G. Rawlings
,
Brendan Retter
,
John Richer
,
Andrew Rigby
,
Jean-François Robitaille
(1)
,
Sarah Sadavoy
,
Hiro Saito
,
Giorgio Savini
,
Anna M. M. Scaife
,
Masumichi Seta
,
Hiroko Shinnaga
,
Ya-Wen Tang
,
Kohji Tomisaka
,
Yusuke Tsukamoto
,
Sven van Loo
,
Hongchi Wang
,
Anthony P. Whitworth
,
Hsi-Wei Yen
,
Hyunju Yoo
,
Jinghua Yuan
,
Hyeong-Sik Yun
,
Tetsuya Zenko
,
Chuan-Peng Zhang
,
Guoyin Zhang
,
Ya-Peng Zhang
,
Jianjun Zhou
,
Lei Zhu
Jia-Wei Wang
- Function : Author
Shih-Ping Lai
- Function : Author
Chakali Eswaraiah
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Kate Pattle
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James Di Francesco
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Doug Johnstone
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Patrick M. Koch
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Tie Liu
- Function : Author
Motohide Tamura
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Ray S. Furuya
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Takashi Onaka
- Function : Author
Derek Ward-Thompson
- Function : Author
Archana Soam
- Function : Author
Kee-Tae Kim
- Function : Author
Chang Won Lee
- Function : Author
Chin-Fei Lee
- Function : Author
Steve Mairs
- Function : Author
Doris Arzoumanian
- Function : Author
Gwanjeong Kim
- Function : Author
Thiem Hoang
- Function : Author
Jihye Hwang
- Function : Author
Sheng-Yuan Liu
- Function : Author
David Berry
- Function : Author
Pierre Bastien
- Function : Author
Tetsuo Hasegawa
- Function : Author
Woojin Kwon
- Function : Author
Keping Qiu
- Function : Author
Philippe André
- Function : Author
Yusuke Aso
- Function : Author
Do-Young Byun
- Function : Author
Huei-Ru Chen
- Function : Author
Michael C. Chen
- Function : Author
Wen Ping Chen
- Function : Author
Tao-Chung Ching
- Function : Author
Jungyeon Cho
- Function : Author
Minho Choi
- Function : Author
Antonio Chrysostomou
- Function : Author
Eun Jung Chung
- Function : Author
Simon Coudé
- Function : Author
Yasuo Doi
- Function : Author
C. Darren Dowell
- Function : Author
Emily Drabek-Maunder
- Function : Author
Hao-Yuan Duan
- Function : Author
Stewart P. S. Eyres
- Function : Author
Sam Falle
- Function : Author
Lapo Fanciullo
- Function : Author
Jason Fiege
- Function : Author
Erica Franzmann
- Function : Author
Per Friberg
- Function : Author
Rachel K. Friesen
- Function : Author
Gary Fuller
- Function : Author
Tim Gledhill
- Function : Author
Sarah F. Graves
- Function : Author
Jane S. Greaves
- Function : Author
Matt J. Griffin
- Function : Author
Qilao Gu
- Function : Author
Ilseung Han
- Function : Author
Jennifer Hatchell
- Function : Author
Saeko S. Hayashi
- Function : Author
Wayne Holland
- Function : Author
Martin Houde
- Function : Author
Tsuyoshi Inoue
- Function : Author
Shu-Ichiro Inutsuka
- Function : Author
Kazunari Iwasaki
- Function : Author
Il-Gyo Jeong
- Function : Author
Yoshihiro Kanamori
- Function : Author
Ji-Hyun Kang
- Function : Author
Miju Kang
- Function : Author
Sung-Ju Kang
- Function : Author
Akimasa Kataoka
- Function : Author
Koji S. Kawabata
- Function : Author
Francisca Kemper
- Function : Author
Jongsoo Kim
- Function : Author
Kyoung Hee Kim
- Function : Author
Mi-Ryang Kim
- Function : Author
Shinyoung Kim
- Function : Author
Jason M. Kirk
- Function : Author
Masato I. N. Kobayashi
- Function : Author
Vera Konyves
- Function : Author
Jungmi Kwon
- Function : Author
Kevin M. Lacaille
- Function : Author
Hyeseung Lee
- Function : Author
Jeong-Eun Lee
- Function : Author
Sang-Sung Lee
- Function : Author
Yong-Hee Lee
- Function : Author
Dalei Li
- Function : Author
Di Li
- Function : Author
Hua-Bai Li
- Function : Author
Hong-Li Liu
- Function : Author
Junhao Liu
- Function : Author
A. -Ran Lyo
- Function : Author
Masafumi Matsumura
- Function : Author
Brenda C. Matthews
- Function : Author
Gerald H. Moriarty-Schieven
- Function : Author
Tetsuya Nagata
- Function : Author
Fumitaka Nakamura
- Function : Author
Hiroyuki Nakanishi
- Function : Author
Nagayoshi Ohashi
- Function : Author
Geumsook Park
- Function : Author
Harriet Parsons
- Function : Author
Enzo Pascale
- Function : Author
Nicolas Peretto
- Function : Author
Andy Pon
- Function : Author
Tae-Soo Pyo
- Function : Author
Lei Qian
- Function : Author
Ramprasad Rao
- Function : Author
Mark G. Rawlings
- Function : Author
Brendan Retter
- Function : Author
John Richer
- Function : Author
Andrew Rigby
- Function : Author
Sarah Sadavoy
- Function : Author
Hiro Saito
- Function : Author
Giorgio Savini
- Function : Author
Anna M. M. Scaife
- Function : Author
Masumichi Seta
- Function : Author
Hiroko Shinnaga
- Function : Author
Ya-Wen Tang
- Function : Author
Kohji Tomisaka
- Function : Author
Yusuke Tsukamoto
- Function : Author
Sven van Loo
- Function : Author
Hongchi Wang
- Function : Author
Anthony P. Whitworth
- Function : Author
Hsi-Wei Yen
- Function : Author
Hyunju Yoo
- Function : Author
Jinghua Yuan
- Function : Author
Hyeong-Sik Yun
- Function : Author
Tetsuya Zenko
- Function : Author
Chuan-Peng Zhang
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Guoyin Zhang
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Ya-Peng Zhang
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Jianjun Zhou
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Lei Zhu
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Abstract
We present the 850 μm polarization observations toward the IC 5146 filamentary cloud taken using the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array 2 (SCUBA-2) and its associated polarimeter (POL-2), mounted on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, as part of the B-fields In STar forming Regions Observations. This work is aimed at revealing the magnetic field morphology within a core-scale (≲1.0 pc) hub-filament structure (HFS) located at the end of a parsec-scale filament. To investigate whether the observed polarization traces the magnetic field in the HFS, we analyze the dependence between the observed polarization fraction and total intensity using a Bayesian approach with the polarization fraction described by the Rice likelihood function, which can correctly describe the probability density function of the observed polarization fraction for low signal-to-noise ratio data. We find a power-law dependence between the polarization fraction and total intensity with an index of 0.56 in A V ∼ 20-300 mag regions, suggesting that the dust grains in these dense regions can still be aligned with magnetic fields in the IC 5146 regions. Our polarization maps reveal a curved magnetic field, possibly dragged by the contraction along the parsec-scale filament. We further obtain a magnetic field strength of 0.5 ± 0.2 mG toward the central hub using the Davis-Chandrasekhar-Fermi method, corresponding to a mass-to-flux criticality of ∼1.3 ± 0.4 and an Alfvénic Mach number of <0.6. These results suggest that gravity and magnetic field are currently of comparable importance in the HFS and that turbulence is less important.