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恒星形成区磁场的排列以及为什么它可能难以观察

Alignment of the magnetic field in star forming regions and why it might be difficult to observe

Philipp Girichidis

摘要:

磁场是星际介质(ISM)的重要组成部分,具有强变化的场强和与气体密度的非平凡相关性。其动态影响在ISM的各个区域之间有所不同,并且与场相对于气体结构的方向相关。使用高分辨率的磁流体动力学模拟的ISM,我们探索的领域和气体的动力学状态的方向之间的连接。我们发现,在分子气体的密度以上的$ρ\sim10^{-21}\,\mathrm{g\,cm^{-3}}$ $(n\sim400\,\mathrm{cm^{-3}})$的引力不稳定性的发病符合的磁场线和气体流动的对齐。在这个过渡的密度梯度的变化,从主要垂直于优先平行于场线。由于磁场取向沿视线的大分散,三维对准和投影的二维可观测量之间的连接是不平凡的。与典型的积分长度相比,湍流相关长度可以很小。因此,小尺度的方向信号可以敏感地依赖于视线或云的动态状态,可以随机波动或完全平均。随着空间分辨率的提高,更多的小尺度结构被分辨出来,这说明了磁流体力学量和投影观测量之间的联系。

英文摘要:

Magnetic fields are an important component of the interstellar medium (ISM) and exhibit strongly varying field strengths and a non-trivial correlation with the gas density. Its dynamical impact varies between individual regions of the ISM and correlates with the orientation of the field with respect to the gas structures. Using high-resolution magneto-hydrodynamical simulations of the ISM we explore the connection between the orientation of the field and the dynamical state of the gas. We find that the onset of gravitational instability in molecular gas above a density of $ρ\sim10^{-21}\,\mathrm{g\,cm^{-3}}$ $(n\sim400\,\mathrm{cm^{-3}})$ coincides with an alignment of the magnetic field lines and the gas flow. At this transition the gradient of the density changes from mainly perpendicular to preferentially parallel to the field lines. A connection between the three-dimensional alignment and projected two-dimensional observables is non-trivial, because of a large dispersion of the magnetic field orientation along the line of sight. The turbulent correlation lengths can be small compared to the typical integration lengths. As a consequence the small scale signal of the orientation can sensitively depend on the line of sight or the dynamical state of the cloud, can fluctuate stochastically or be completely averaged out. With higher spatial resolution more small scale structures are resolved, which aggravates the link between magneto-hydrodynamical quantities and projected observables.

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