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arXiv 2012.12905astro-ph.GA
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在低和高红移下用磁场驱动星系风

Driving galactic winds with magnetic fields at low and high redshift

Ulrich P. Steinwandel, Klaus Dolag, Harald Lesch, Andreas Burkert

摘要:

虽然发挥了关键作用,我们了解星系的演化,观察到的星系外流的确切方式仍然是远远没有被理解,因此我们的理解相关的反馈机制,控制星系的演化仍然是困扰着许多谜。在这项工作中,我们提出了一个简单的玩具模型,可以提供洞察如何在星系(酒吧,螺旋臂,翘曲)的非轴对称的不稳定性可以导致局部指数磁场增长的径向流量超过均分值至少两个数量级的时间尺度上的几个$100$万年。我们的预测表明,该过程可以导致星系流出的棒旋星系的质量加载因子$η\approx 0.1$,与我们的数值模拟。此外,我们的外流机制可能有助于了解大部分裸露的螺旋星系,显示出星系外流的迹象,在CHANG-ES调查。扩展我们的模型表明,在高红移星系的重要性,通过假设磁能和湍流能量均分。在我们的模型中对恒星形成率(SFR)的简单估计以及来自恒星形成主序在红移$z\sim2$处的互相关质量,使我们能够通过非轴对称不稳定性和随后的径向流入发电机来估计流出率和质量加载因子,给出了M $_{\star}=10^9 - 10^{12}$ M $_{\odot}$范围内星系的$η\approx 0.1$质量加载因子,与Sinfoni和KMOS $^{3\mathrm{D}}$最近的结果一致。

英文摘要:

Although playing a key role for our understanding of the evolution of galaxies, the exact way how observed galactic outflows are driven is still far from being understood and therefore our understanding of associated feedback mechanisms that control the evolution of galaxies is still plagued by many enigmas. In this work we present a simple toy model that can provide insight on how non-axis-symmetric instabilities in galaxies (bars, spiral-arms, warps) can lead to local exponential magnetic field growth by a radial flows beyond the equipartition value by at least two orders of magnitude on a time-scale of a few $100$ Myr. Our predictions show that the process can lead to galactic outflows in barred spiral galaxies with a mass loading factor $η\approx 0.1$, in agreement with our numerical simulations. Moreover, our outflow mechanism could contribute to an understanding of the large fraction of bared spiral galaxies that show signs of galactic outflows in the CHANG-ES survey. Extending our model shows the importance of such processes in high redshift galaxies by assuming equipartition between magnetic energy and turbulent energy. Simple estimates for the star formation rate (SFR) in our model together with cross-correlated masses from the star-forming main-sequence at redshifts $z\sim2$ allow us to estimate the outflow rate and mass loading factors by non-axis-symmetric instabilities and a subsequent radial inflow dynamo, giving mass loading factors of $η\approx 0.1$ for galaxies in the range of M$_{\star}=10^9 - 10^{12}$ M$_{\odot}$, in good agreement with recent results of Sinfoni and KMOS$^{3\mathrm{D}}$.

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