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在纯盘矮星系NGC 2976中寻找大尺度磁场

Seeking large-scale magnetic fields in a pure-disk dwarf galaxy NGC 2976

R. T. Drzazga, K. T. Chyży, G. H. Heald, D. Elstner, J. S. Gallagher

摘要:

磁场产生机制如何在低质量矮星系中运作,仍是未知之数。在这里,我们提出了一个附近的纯盘矮星系NGC 2976的详细研究。与先前观测到的矮天体不同,这个星系拥有一个清晰的圆盘。为了研究NGC 2976,我们用VLA和Effelsberg射电望远镜进行了深多频偏振观测。此外,我们还补充了来自WSRT-SINGS调查的重新成像数据。在NGC 2976中发现的磁场形态包括一个南极化脊。这种结构似乎并不只是由于一个纯粹的大规模发电机过程(可能是宇宙射线驱动的)在这个对象中工作,如RM数据和发电机数计算所示。相反,NGC 2976的磁场被过去的引力相互作用所改变,也可能被M 81星系群环境中的冲压压力所改变。估计总(7 μ G)和有序(3 μ G)磁场强度,以及程度的字段顺序(0.46),这是类似于观察到的螺旋,表明潮汐产生的磁化气流可以进一步提高发电机行动的对象。NGC 2976显然是一个很好的候选者,因为它的邻域具有有效的磁化。它能够提供一个有序的(也许也是规则的)磁场进入星系际空间,直到大约5千秒差距的距离。潮汐相互作用(也可能是冲压压力)可以导致星系中恒星形成盘之外的不寻常磁场形态(如极化脊)的形成,这些磁场形态不遵循任何观测到的星际介质(ISM)成分,如NGC 2976所观察到的那样。这些星系能够提供远离其主盘的有序磁场。

英文摘要:

It is still unknown how magnetic field-generation mechanisms could operate in low-mass dwarf galaxies. Here, we present a detailed study of a nearby pure-disk dwarf galaxy NGC 2976. Unlike previously observed dwarf objects, this galaxy possesses a clearly defined disk. For the purpose of our studies, we performed deep multi-frequency polarimetric observations of NGC 2976 with the VLA and Effelsberg radio telescopes. Additionally, we supplement them with re-imaged data from the WSRT-SINGS survey. The magnetic field morphology discovered in NGC 2976 consists of a southern polarized ridge. This structure does not seem to be due to just a pure large-scale dynamo process (possibly cosmic-ray driven) at work in this object, as indicated by the RM data and dynamo number calculations. Instead, the field of NGC 2976 is modified by past gravitational interactions and possibly also by ram pressure inside the M 81 galaxy group environment. The estimates of total (7 muG) and ordered (3 muG) magnetic field strengths, as well as degree of field order (0.46), which is similar to those observed in spirals, suggest that tidally generated magnetized gas flows can further enhance dynamo action in the object. NGC 2976 is apparently a good candidate for the efficient magnetization of its neighbourhood. It is able to provide an ordered (perhaps also regular) magnetic field into the intergalactic space up to a distance of about 5 kpc. Tidal interactions (and possibly also ram pressure) can lead to the formation of unusual magnetic field morphologies (like polarized ridges) in galaxies out of the star-forming disks, which do not follow any observed component of the interstellar medium (ISM), as observed in NGC 2976. These galaxies are able to provide ordered magnetic fields far out of their main disks.

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