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星系团介质中的Turbulence和发电机:对星系团磁场起源的启示

Turbulence and Dynamo in Galaxy Cluster Medium: Implications on the Origin of Cluster Magnetic Fields

Hao Xu, Hui Li, David C. Collins, Shengtai Li, Michael L. Norman

摘要:

我们提出了自洽的宇宙磁流体动力学(MHD)模拟,同时遵循的形成一个星系团和磁场喷射的活动星系核(AGN)。我们发现,活动星系核喷射出的磁场,虽然最初分布在相对较小的体积,可以在整个集群传输,并进一步放大的团簇形成过程中的团内介质(ICM)湍流。ICM湍流的产生和维持的频繁合并较小的晕。此外,集群范围内的发电机过程中存在的ICM和放大的磁场能量和通量。团簇中的总磁能可达$\sim$ $10^{61}$尔格,微高斯($μ$ G)场可分布在整个团簇的$\sim$ Mpc尺度上。这一发现表明,来自活动星系核的磁场,通过小尺度发电机过程被ICM湍流进一步放大,可以成为团簇范围磁场的起源。

英文摘要:

We present self-consistent cosmological magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations that simultaneously follow the formation of a galaxy cluster and the magnetic field ejection by an active galactic nucleus (AGN). We find that the magnetic fields ejected by the AGNs, though initially distributed in relatively small volumes, can be transported throughout the cluster and be further amplified by the intra-cluster medium (ICM) turbulence during the cluster formation process. The ICM turbulence is shown to be generated and sustained by the frequent mergers of smaller halos. Furthermore, a cluster-wide dynamo process is shown to exist in the ICM and amplify the magnetic field energy and flux. The total magnetic energy in the cluster can reach $\sim$ $10^{61}$ ergs while micro Gauss ($μ$G) fields can distribute over $\sim$ Mpc scales throughout the whole cluster. This finding shows that magnetic fields from AGNs, being further amplified by the ICM turbulence through small-scale dynamo processes, can be the origin of cluster-wide magnetic fields.

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