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低质量麦哲伦型和奇特星系中的磁场与恒星形成

Magnetic fields and star formation in low-mass Magellanic-type and peculiar galaxies

W. Jurusik, R. T. Drzazga, M. Jableka, K. T. Chyży, R. Beck, U. Klein, M. Weżgowiec

摘要:

我们调查的麦哲伦型和扰动对象的磁性是如何与恒星形成活动,星系类型和质量。本文介绍了用Effelsberg 100米望远镜在4.85和/或8.35 GHz观测到的5个麦哲伦型星系和2个奇特的低质量星系的射电和磁学性质。样本扩展到17个天体,包括5个麦哲伦型星系和5个矮星系。低质量星系在4.85/8.35GHz的射电辐射与它们的光盘密切相关。总磁场强度在5-9 μG之间,有序场可达1-2 μG。磁场强度与SFR的表面密度有很好的相关性,并表现出幂律关系,指数为0.25,扩展了矮星系的类似关系。每个超新星事件产生的磁能对所有不同的星系来说都是相似的。它约占单个SN能量释放的3%。我们发现星系中的总磁场能量与星系气体质量几乎成线性关系,这表明ISM的磁能和湍流动能是均分的。麦哲伦型星系非常符合为各种类型星系的表面亮度构建的无线电-红外关系,包括明亮的螺旋和相互作用的物体。我们发现,基于星系光度的典型远红外关系更紧密,更陡峭,但更有可能继承部分相关性的趋势,较大的物体也更明亮。麦哲伦型星系的热分数、射电光谱指数和磁场强度都介于旋涡星系和矮星系之间。已证实的低质量星系的磁场-恒星形成和无线电-红外线关系表明,所有星系都有类似的物理过程。

英文摘要:

We investigate how magnetic properties of Magellanic-type and perturbed objects are related to star-forming activity, galactic type, and mass. We present radio and magnetic properties of 5 Magellanic-type and 2 peculiar low-mass galaxies observed at 4.85 and/or 8.35 GHz with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope. The sample is extended to 17 objects by including 5 Magellanic-type galaxies and 5 dwarf ones. The radio emission of low-mass galaxies at 4.85/8.35 GHz is closely connected with their optical discs. The strengths of total magnetic field are within 5-9 μG, while the ordered fields reach 1-2 μG. The magnetic field strengths are well correlated with the surface density of SFR and manifest a power-law relation with an exponent of 0.25 extending a similar relation found for dwarf galaxies. The production of magnetic energy per supernova event is similar for all the various galaxies. It constitutes about 3% of the individual SN energy release. We show that the total magnetic field energy in galaxies is almost linearly related to the galactic gas mass, which indicates equipartition of the magnetic energy and the turbulent kinetic energy of the ISM. The Magellanic-type galaxies fit very well with the radio-infrared relation constructed for surface brightness of galaxies of various types, including bright spirals and interacting objects. We found that the typical far-infrared relation based on luminosity of galaxies is tighter and steeper but more likely to inherit a partial correlation from a tendency that larger objects are also more luminous. The thermal fractions, radio spectral indices, and magnetic field strengths of the Magellanic-type galaxies are between the values determined for spirals and dwarf galaxies. The confirmed magnetic field-star formation and radio-infrared relations for low-mass galaxies point to similar physical processes that must be at work in all galaxies.

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