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射电星系周围的有序磁场:与环境相互作用的证据

Ordered magnetic fields around radio galaxies: evidence for interaction with the environment

D. Guidetti, R. A. Laing, A. H. Bridle, P. Parma, L. Gregorini

摘要:

我们提出了详细的成像法拉第旋转和去极化的射电星系0206+35,3C 270,3C 353和M 84,在1365至8440 MHz的范围内的多个频率的超大阵列观测的基础上。这项工作提出了一个更复杂的图片的磁离子环境的射电星系比明显从早期的工作。所有的源显示出壮观的带状旋转措施(RM)结构的轮廓恒定RM垂直于其射电瓣的主轴。我们给出了一个全面的带状RM现象的描述,并提出了一个初步的尝试来解释它作为一个结果之间的相互作用的来源和周围环境。我们表明,负责法拉第旋转的材料是在前面的无线电发射和频带很可能是由磁化等离子体已被压缩的扩大无线电波瓣。一个二维的磁场结构,其中的场线是一个家庭的椭圆形周围的前缘瓣可以产生RM带的正确方向的任何源的取向。我们还报告了第一次检测边缘的高去极化的内射电叶的M 84和3C 270。这些都是空间一致的壳层增强X射线表面亮度,其中的场强和热气体密度都可能会增加压缩。

英文摘要:

We present detailed imaging of Faraday rotation and depolarization for the radio galaxies 0206+35, 3C 270, 3C 353 and M 84, based on Very Large Array observations at multiple frequencies in the range 1365 to 8440 MHz. This work suggests a more complex picture of the magneto-ionic environments of radio galaxies than was apparent from earlier work. All of the sources show spectacular banded rotation measure (RM) structures with contours of constant RM perpendicular to the major axes of their radio lobes. We give a comprehensive description of the banded RM phenomenon and present an initial attempt to interpret it as a consequence of interactions between the sources and their surroundings. We show that the material responsible for the Faraday rotation is in front of the radio emission and that the bands are likely to be caused by magnetized plasma which has been compressed by the expanding radio lobes. A two-dimensional magnetic structure in which the field lines are a family of ellipses draped around the leading edge of the lobe can produce RM bands in the correct orientation for any source orientation. We also report the first detections of rims of high depolarization at the edges of the inner radio lobes of M 84 and 3C 270. These are spatially coincident with shells of enhanced X-ray surface brightness, in which both the field strength and the thermal gas density are likely to be increased by compression.

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