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星暴矮星系IC10的磁化星系风和同步加速器晕

The magnetized galactic wind and synchrotron halo of the starburst dwarf galaxy IC10

Krzysztof T. Chyzy, Robert T. Drzazga, Rainer Beck, Marek Urbanik, Volker Heesen, Dominik J. Bomans

摘要:

我们的目标是探索是否可以在低质量矮星系中有效地产生强磁场,如果是这样,这些领域是否可以受到星系外流的影响,并扩散到星系际介质(IGM)。我们进行了无线电连续偏振研究IC 10,最近的恒星爆发矮星系,使用多频干涉(VLA)和单碟(Effelsberg)的观测相结合。在1.43 GHz的VLA观测揭示了一个广泛的,几乎是球形的射电晕IC 10的总强度,延长两倍以上的红外发射星系盘。晕被磁化,最外面的部分的磁场强度为7 microG。局部地,磁场在HII复合物中达到约29 microG,变得更加有序,并且在同步加速器超泡中减弱到22 microG,在HI孔内减弱到7-10 microG。在4.86 GHz的较高频率下,我们发现了一个X形形态的大尺度磁场结构,类似于在几个边缘上的螺旋星系中观察到的。X形的磁结构可能是由银河风、恒星风和超新星爆炸注入星际介质的平流磁场造成的。在1.43 GHz的射电连续谱标度高度表明,宇宙射线电子从HII复合体流出的整体速度约为60 km/s,超过了40 km/s的逃逸速度。因此,IC 10中的磁化星系风膨胀了在1.43 GHz可见的广泛的射电晕,并可以用随机和有序的磁场为IGM播种。这些都是强烈的物质反馈到IGM上的特征,预计在早期宇宙的原星系中很普遍。

英文摘要:

We aim to explore whether strong magnetic fields can be effectively generated in low-mass dwarf galaxies and, if so, whether such fields can be affected by galactic outflows and spread out into the intergalactic medium (IGM). We performed a radio continuum polarimetry study of IC10, the nearest starbursting dwarf galaxy, using a combination of multifrequency interferometric (VLA) and single-dish (Effelsberg) observations. VLA observations at 1.43 GHz reveal an extensive and almost spherical radio halo of IC10 in total intensity, extending twice more than the infrared-emitting galactic disk. The halo is magnetized with a magnetic field strength of 7 microG in the outermost parts. Locally, the magnetic field reaches about 29 microG in HII complexes, becomes more ordered, and weakens to 22 microG in the synchrotron superbubble and to 7-10 microG within HI holes. At the higher frequency of 4.86 GHz, we found a large-scale magnetic field structure of X-shaped morphology, similar to that observed in several edge-on spiral galaxies. The X-shaped magnetic structure can be caused by the galactic wind, advecting magnetic fields injected into the interstellar medium by stellar winds and supernova explosions. The radio continuum scale heights at 1.43 GHz indicate the bulk speed of cosmic-ray electrons outflowing from HII complexes of about 60 km/s, exceeding the escape velocity of 40 km/s. Hence, the magnetized galactic wind in IC10 inflates the extensive radio halo visible at 1.43 GHz and can seed the IGM with both random and ordered magnetic fields. These are signatures of intense material feedback onto the IGM, expected to be prevalent in the protogalaxies of the early Universe.

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