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HAWC + M51和NGC 891中磁场几何的远红外观测

HAWC+ Far-Infrared Observations of the Magnetic Field Geometry in M51 and NGC 891

Terry Jay Jones, Jin-Ah Kim, C. Darren Dowell, Mark R. Morris, Jorge L. Pineda, Dominic J. Benford, Marc Berthoud, David T. Chuss, Daniel A. Dale, L. M. Fissel,… 展开作者

Terry Jay Jones, Jin-Ah Kim, C. Darren Dowell, Mark R. Morris, Jorge L. Pineda, Dominic J. Benford, Marc Berthoud, David T. Chuss, Daniel A. Dale, L. M. Fissel, Paul F. Goldsmith, Ryan T. Hamilton, Shaul Hanany, Doyal A. Harper, Thomas K. Henning, Alex Lazarian, Leslie W. Looney, Joseph M. Michail, Giles Novak, Fabio P. Santos, Kartik Sheth, Javad Siah, Gordon J. Stacey, Johannes Staguhn, Ian W. Stephens, Konstantinos Tassis, Christopher Q. Trinh, John E. Vaillancourt, Derek Ward-Thompson, Michael Werner, Edward J. Wollack, Ellen G. Zweibel

摘要:

报道了在$154~\micron$上对正面星系M51和侧面星系NGC 891进行的SOFIA HAWC+偏振测量。对于M51,偏振矢量通常遵循由分子气体分布、远红外(FIR)强度轮廓和其他恒星形成示踪物定义的螺旋图案。分数极化在FIR明亮的中心区域比在外部区域低得多,并且我们排除了晶粒排列的损失和磁场强度的变化作为原因。当与现有的同步辐射观测,采样不同的区域与不同的权重相比,我们发现的净位置角是强相关的,分数偏振是适度相关的,但偏振强度是不相关的。我们认为,在中心区域的低分数偏振必须是由于大量的高度湍流段横跨光束和沿视线中的光束在中央3千秒差距的M51。对于NGC 891,在1500 $\rm{MJy~sr^{-1}}$的强度等值线内的FIR偏振矢量非常接近星系的平面。远红外线偏振仪可能比近红外线偏振仪和无线电同步加速器测量更深入地采样NGC 891的磁场几何形状。在NGC 891的某些位置,FIR极化非常低,这表明我们主要沿着视线,沿着嵌入的螺旋臂的长度优先观察磁场。有初步的证据表明,垂直场的偏振发射的平面的磁盘。

英文摘要:

SOFIA HAWC+ polarimetry at $154~\micron$ is reported for the face-on galaxy M51 and the edge-on galaxy NGC 891. For M51, the polarization vectors generally follow the spiral pattern defined by the molecular gas distribution, the far-infrared (FIR) intensity contours, and other tracers of star formation. The fractional polarization is much lower in the FIR-bright central regions than in the outer regions, and we rule out loss of grain alignment and variations in magnetic field strength as causes. When compared with existing synchrotron observations, which sample different regions with different weighting, we find the net position angles are strongly correlated, the fractional polarizations are moderately correlated, but the polarized intensities are uncorrelated. We argue that the low fractional polarization in the central regions must be due to significant numbers of highly turbulent segments across the beam and along lines of sight in the beam in the central 3 kpc of M51. For NGC 891, the FIR polarization vectors within an intensity contour of 1500 $\rm{MJy~sr^{-1}}$ are oriented very close to the plane of the galaxy. The FIR polarimetry is probably sampling the magnetic field geometry in NGC 891 much deeper into the disk than is possible with NIR polarimetry and radio synchrotron measurements. In some locations in NGC 891 the FIR polarization is very low, suggesting we are preferentially viewing the magnetic field mostly along the line of sight, down the length of embedded spiral arms. There is tentative evidence for a vertical field in the polarized emission off the plane of the disk.

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