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通过NGC 6946星系烟囱过程从盘到晕的磁场输运

Magnetic field transport from disk to halo via the galactic chimney process in NGC 6946

George Heald

摘要:

星系中的星际介质(ISM)直接受到来自恒星形成区的质量和能量外流的影响。磁场是ISM的基本组成部分,但它们与气体介质的联系及其演变仍然知之甚少。在这里,我们提出了法拉第旋转测量(RM)的梯度检测,共同定位在附近的螺旋星系NGC 6946的磁盘中的中性氢(HI)分布的孔。在同一位置的气体运动学显示的证据,冷气体的下降。这一特征的组合特征指向由局部恒星形成事件驱动的最初平面平行有序磁场的实质性垂直位移。这揭示了星系盘中的大尺度磁场模式如何直接受到内部能量现象的影响。相反,磁场被观察到是一个重要的组成部分,在磁盘晕相互作用,在MHD模拟预测。在比所观察到的RM梯度更小的空间尺度上的湍流磁场也将从盘携带,并且为发电机过程提供放大有序磁场而不淬灭的机制。我们讨论了观测偏差,并认为这是一个共同的特点,恒星形成星系的活跃盘晕流。

英文摘要:

The interstellar medium (ISM) in galaxies is directly affected by the mass and energy outflows originating in regions of star formation. Magnetic fields are an essential ingredient of the ISM, but their connection to the gaseous medium and its evolution remains poorly understood. Here we present the detection of a gradient in Faraday rotation measure (RM), co-located with a hole in the neutral hydrogen (HI) distribution in the disk of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 6946. The gas kinematics in the same location show evidence for infall of cold gas. The combined characteristics of this feature point to a substantial vertical displacement of the initially plane-parallel ordered magnetic field, driven by a localized star formation event. This reveals how the large-scale magnetic field pattern in galaxy disks is directly influenced by internal energetic phenomena. Conversely, magnetic fields are observed to be an important ingredient in disk-halo interactions, as predicted in MHD simulations. Turbulent magnetic fields at smaller spatial scales than the observed RM gradient will also be carried from the disk and provide a mechanism for the dynamo process to amplify the ordered magnetic field without quenching. We discuss the observational biases, and suggest that this is a common feature of star forming galaxies with active disk-halo flows.

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