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将LOFAR银河法拉第结构与温暖中性介质关联

Associating LOFAR Galactic Faraday structures with the warm neutral medium

F. Boulanger, C. Gry, E. B. Jenkins, A. Bracco, A. Erceg, V. Jelić, L. Turić

AI总结:

本文结合LOFAR法拉第层析、FUSE紫外光谱和Planck尘埃偏振数据,估计本地温暖中性介质的旋转量,揭示LOFAR法拉第结构对应位于温暖电离介质前方的磁化WNM薄板,为研究多相星际介质动力学提供新框架。

摘要:

利用低频阵列(LOFAR)进行的法拉第层析观测揭示了高银纬处偏振同步辐射中一个显著的结构网络。观测到的LOFAR结构、尘埃偏振和HI发射之间的相关性表明其与中性星际介质(ISM)存在联系。我们通过估计本地ISM中温暖中性(部分电离)介质(WNM)的旋转量(RM)来研究这一关系。我们的工作将来自FUSE的紫外光谱和来自Planck的尘埃偏振观测与LOFAR数据相结合。我们从LOFAR两米巡天已发表数据视场内的九颗背景恒星的紫外吸收光谱中导出了电子柱密度。利用拟合Planck尘埃偏振数据的本地磁场模型估算了相应的RM。与恒星位置处法拉第光谱的比较表明,LOFAR结构描绘了一层磁化WNM和同步辐射的薄板,位于大部分温暖电离介质的前方。这一结论为探索法拉第结构与磁化多相ISM动力学之间的联系建立了一个天体物理框架。当LOFAR北天全天空巡天图可用时,将有可能在更大的恒星样本上对其进行检验。

英文摘要:

Faraday tomography observations with the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) have unveiled a remarkable network of structures in polarized synchrotron emission at high Galactic latitudes. The observed correlation between LOFAR structures, dust polarization, and HI emission suggests a connection to the neutral interstellar medium (ISM). We investigated this relationship by estimating the rotation measure (RM) of the warm neutral (partially ionized) medium (WNM) in the local ISM. Our work combines UV spectroscopy from FUSE and dust polarization observations from \Planck\ with LOFAR data. We derived electron column densities from UV absorption spectra toward nine background stars, within the field of published data from the LOFAR two-meter sky survey. The associated RMs were estimated using a local magnetic field model fitted to the dust polarization data of \Planck. A comparison with Faraday spectra at the position of the stars suggests that LOFAR structures delineate a slab of magnetized WNM and synchrotron emission, located ahead of the bulk of the warm ionized medium. This conclusion establishes an astrophysical framework for exploring the link between Faraday structures and the dynamics of the magnetized multiphase ISM. It will be possible to test it on a larger sample of stars when maps from the full northern sky survey of LOFAR become available.

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