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从三维MHD模拟结果研究超新星残余气泡在星际介质中的垂直运动

A Study of the Vertical Motion of Supernova Remnant Bubbles in the Interstellar Medium Drawn from the Results of Three-Dimensional MHD Simulations

E. A. Raley, R. L. Shelton, T. Plewa

摘要:

为了确定孤立的SNRs能够上升并富集厚盘和星系晕的情况,用FLASH磁流体动力学程序对超新星遗迹进行了模拟。我们进行了星际磁场平行于或垂直于银道面的模拟,以及没有磁场的模拟。周围的气体密度分布和引力势是基于对我们星系的观测。我们将这些残留物进化到大约1000万年的年龄。对于我们的模拟没有磁场,我们比较了热气泡的速度的演变从浮力和阻力加速度计算的速度演变。我们发现了令人惊讶的小垂直速度的热气体,从我们估计的阻力系数为10的非磁性模拟。虽然我们发现在残骸的寿命期间,热气体几乎没有浮力运动,但我们发现在残骸寿命接近尾声时,相关的冷致密气体有快速的垂直运动。这种运动使残骸变形成蘑菇云结构,类似于以前的模拟中发现的结构。在模拟中,我们有一个4微高斯的磁场平行于银河系中平面显示了一个显着拉长的气泡平行于磁场。磁场固定住超新星遗迹,阻止它上升。在具有垂直于中平面的4微高斯磁场的模拟中,热气泡上升得更多,这表明具有与重力方向相同的磁场增强了气泡的上升。

英文摘要:

In order to determine the circumstances under which isolated SNRs are capable of rising into and enriching the thick disk and galactic halo, simulations of supernova remnants are performed with the FLASH magnetohydrodynamic code. We performed simulations in which the interstellar magnetic field is parallel to or perpendicular to the galactic plane as well as a simulation without a magnetic field. The ambient gas density distribution and gravitational potential are based on observations of our galaxy. We evolve the remnants to ages of roughly 10,000,000 years. For our simulation without a magnetic field, we compare the evolution of the hot bubble's velocity with the velocity evolution calculated from the buoyant and drag accelerations. We found surprisingly small vertical velocities of the hot gas, from which we estimated the drag coefficient to be ten for the non-magnetic simulation. Although we found little buoyant motion of the hot gas during the remnant's lifetime, we found rapid vertical motion of the associated cool dense gas near the end of the remnants life. This motion deformed the remnant into a mushroom cloud structure similar to those found in previous simulations. The simulation in which we have a 4 micro-Gauss magnetic field parallel to the galactic mid-plane shows a dramatically elongated bubble parallel to the magnetic field. The magnetic field pins the supernova remnant preventing it from rising. In the simulation with the 4 micro-Gauss magnetic field perpendicular to the midplane the hot bubble rises more, indicating that having the magnetic field in the same direction as the gravitational force enhances the rise of the bubble.

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