一个银河系中的84微G磁场在红移z=0.692时
Arthur M Wolfe1, Regina A Jorgenson, Timothy Robishaw
1Department of Physics and Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0424, USA. awolfe@ucsd.edu
Nature
|October 4, 2008
概括
这项研究测量了遥远星系中的强磁场,挑战了预测早期宇宙中较弱磁场的理论. 这些发现为银河系磁场演变提供了新的见解.
科学领域:
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 宇宙磁力宇宙磁力宇宙磁力
- 银河系进化 银河系进化
背景情况:
- 银河系磁场对于星际介质动态,宇宙射线能量和恒星形成至关重要.
- 以前使用脉冲星法拉第旋转的测量估计银河系的磁场在3微高斯.
- 早期星系 (z > 0) 中磁场的强度和红移仍然不确定.
研究的目的:
- 为了测量一个星系的磁场强度在红移z = 0.692.2.
- 为了研究银河系磁场在宇宙时间上的演变.
- 测试用于产生磁场的平均场动力模的预测.
主要方法:
- 采用泽曼分裂技术来测量磁场强度.
- 应用了相同的方法用于确定我们自己的银河系中性星际气体中的磁场.
主要成果:
- 在一个红移z=0.692.2的星系中测量了大约84微高斯的磁场.
- 这种测量场明显强于我们银河系中性气体中发现的平均6微高斯.
结论:
- 这些发现呈现出磁场强度出乎意料地高于早期宇宙时代的平均场动力模型预测的磁场强度.
- 这表明银河系的磁场可能不一定在过去较弱.
- 结果挑战了当前磁场生成和星系进化的模型.
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