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星系合并时的磁场

Magnetic fields during galaxy mergers

Kai Rodenbeck, Dominik R. G. Schleicher

摘要:

星系合并预计将在星系演化中发挥核心作用,并可能对星系的磁场产生强烈影响。我们提出了第一个基于网格的三维磁流体动力学模拟调查合并事件期间的磁场的演变。为此,我们采用了一个简化的模型,考虑合并事件的磁化气体磁盘在没有恒星反馈和没有恒星或暗物质组件。我们表明,我们的模型自然会导致生产的两个峰值的平均磁场强度在5千秒差距内,在25千秒差距内,在5和25千秒差距之间的规模的演变。后者与Drzazga等人(2011)在观测星系合并序列中报告的磁场强度峰值一致。我们表明,在银河系尺度上的峰值和在外部区域可能是由于几何效应,作为一个星系的核心进入另一个的郊区。此外,在中心~5 kpc内存在磁场的物理增强,反映了由于有效的角动量传输而导致的密度增强。我们的结论是,高分辨率的观测中心区域将特别相关的探测合并事件期间的磁场结构的演变。

英文摘要:

Galaxy mergers are expected to play a central role for the evolution of galaxies, and may have a strong impact on their magnetic fields. We present the first grid-based 3D magneto-hydrodynamical simulations investigating the evolution of magnetic fields during merger events. For this purpose, we employ a simplified model considering the merger event of magnetized gaseous disks in the absence of stellar feedback and without a stellar or dark matter component. We show that our model naturally leads to the production of two peaks in the evolution of the average magnetic field strength within 5 kpc, within 25 kpc and on scales in between 5 and 25 kpc. The latter is consistent with the peak in the magnetic field strength reported by Drzazga et al. (2011) in a merger sequence of observed galaxies. We show that the peak on the galactic scale and in the outer regions is likely due to geometrical effects, as the core of one galaxy enters the outskirts of the other one. In addition, there is a physical enhancement of the magnetic field within the central ~5 kpc, reflecting the enhancement in density due to efficient angular momentum transport. We conclude that high-resolution observations of the central regions will be particularly relevant to probe the evolution of magnetic field structures during merger events.

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