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利用加拿大银道巡天研究星际介质Turbulence的极化梯度

Polarization Gradient Study of Interstellar Medium Turbulence Using The Canadian Galactic Plane Survey

C. A. Herron, J. Geisbuesch, T. L. Landecker, R. Kothes, B. M. Gaensler, G. F. Lewis, N. M. McClure-Griffiths, E. Petroff

摘要:

我们利用加拿大银道面巡天(CGPS)的复射电极化矢量的空间梯度研究了星际介质中的磁离子湍流。CGPS数据覆盖1300平方度,在${53^{\circ}}\leq{\ell}\leq{192^{\circ}}$、${-3^{\circ}}\leq{b}\leq{5^{\circ}}$范围内,${b}={17.5^{\circ}}$的扩展在${101^{\circ}}\leq{\ell}\leq{116^{\circ}}$范围内,角分分辨率为1420 MHz。以前的研究发现偏振梯度的偏度和峰度与湍流的马赫数之间存在相关性,或者假设这种相关性来推断所观察到的湍流区域的马赫数。我们提出了整个CGPS数据集的极化梯度图像,并分析这些图像的依赖角分辨率。极化梯度是丝状的,这些细丝的长度在银河系反中心最大,在银河系内部最小。这可能意味着小尺度湍流在银河系内部更强,或者我们在低银河系中观察到更遥远的特征。对于每一个分辨率的研究,偏度的偏振梯度的影响,明亮的偏振梯度区域,这是不相关的湍流所揭示的偏振梯度的边缘。我们还发现,偏度的偏振梯度是敏感的盒子的大小来计算偏度,但不敏感的银河经度,这意味着偏度只探测盒子内的不均匀性的数量和幅度。我们的结论是偏度和峰度的极化梯度是不理想的统计探测自然磁离子湍流。

英文摘要:

We have investigated the magneto-ionic turbulence in the interstellar medium through spatial gradients of the complex radio polarization vector in the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (CGPS). The CGPS data cover 1300 square-degrees, over the range ${53^{\circ}}\leq{\ell}\leq{192^{\circ}}$, ${-3^{\circ}}\leq{b}\leq{5^{\circ}}$ with an extension to ${b}={17.5^{\circ}}$ in the range ${101^{\circ}}\leq{\ell}\leq{116^{\circ}}$, and arcminute resolution at 1420 MHz. Previous studies found a correlation between the skewness and kurtosis of the polarization gradient and the Mach number of the turbulence, or assumed this correlation to deduce the Mach number of an observed turbulent region. We present polarization gradient images of the entire CGPS dataset, and analyze the dependence of these images on angular resolution. The polarization gradients are filamentary, and the length of these filaments is largest towards the Galactic anti-center, and smallest towards the inner Galaxy. This may imply that small-scale turbulence is stronger in the inner Galaxy, or that we observe more distant features at low Galactic longitudes. For every resolution studied, the skewness of the polarization gradient is influenced by the edges of bright polarization gradient regions, which are not related to the turbulence revealed by the polarization gradients. We also find that the skewness of the polarization gradient is sensitive to the size of the box used to calculate the skewness, but insensitive to Galactic longitude, implying that the skewness only probes the number and magnitude of the inhomogeneities within the box. We conclude that the skewness and kurtosis of the polarization gradient are not ideal statistics for probing natural magneto-ionic turbulence.

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