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速度各向异性作为星际介质和分子云磁化的诊断

Velocity Anisotropy as a Diagnostic of the Magnetization of the Interstellar Medium and Molecular clouds

Alejandro Esquivel, Alex Lazarian

摘要:

我们使用一套磁流体力学(MHD)模拟充分发展(驱动)湍流研究的各向异性的速度场,是由存在的磁场。在我们的模型中,我们研究了以音速马赫数M_s(0.7 ~ 7.5)和Alfven马赫数M_A(0.4 ~ 7.7)为特征的湍流。这些用于产生分析的合成观测(质心图)。为了研究大尺度密度涨落和白噪声的影响,我们修改了密度场,得到了新的质心图,并进行了分析。我们表明,限制测量各向异性的尺度范围使该方法对这种波动具有鲁棒性。我们表明,各向异性的结构函数的地图揭示了磁场的方向为M_A \lesssim 1.5,无论音速马赫数。我们发现,各向异性的程度可以用来确定磁化的程度(即M_A)为M_A \lesssim 1.5。要做到这一点,人们需要一个额外的措施的音速马赫数和LOS磁场的估计,这两个可行的其他技术,提供了一个新的机会来研究的磁化状态的星际介质。

英文摘要:

We use a set of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) simulations of fully-developed (driven) turbulence to study the anisotropy in the velocity field that is induced by the presence of the magnetic field. In our models we study turbulence characterized by sonic Mach numbers M_s from 0.7 to 7.5, and Alfven Mach numbers M_A from 0.4 to 7.7. These are used to produce synthetic observations (centroid maps) that are analyzed. To study the effect of large scale density fluctuations and of white noise we have modified the density fields and obtained new centroid maps, which are analyzed. We show that restricting the range of scales at which the anisotropy is measured makes the method robust against such fluctuations. We show that the anisotropy in the structure function of the maps reveals the direction of the magnetic field for M_A \lesssim 1.5, regardless of the sonic Mach number. We found that the degree of anisotropy can be used to determine the degree of magnetization (i.e. M_A) for M_A \lesssim 1.5. To do this, one needs an additional measure of the sonic Mach number and an estimate of the LOS magnetic field, both feasible by other techniques, offering a new opportunity to study the magnetization state of the interstellar medium.

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