巨大的磁化流出来自银河系中心的银河系
Ettore Carretti1, Roland M Crocker, Lister Staveley-Smith
1CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, PO Box 276, Parkes, New South Wales 2870, Australia. Ettore.Carretti@csiro.au
Nature
|January 4, 2013
概括
在银河系附近发现了巨大的无线电叶片.
科学领域:
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 银河系天文学 银河系天文学
- 等离子体物理学的物理.
背景情况:
- 银河系的核心具有强烈的恒星形成和一个超大质量黑洞.
- 神秘的马射线发射结构",费米泡",延伸远在银河系中心的上方和下方.
- 费米气泡的起源 (恒星形成与黑洞活动) 和它们的磁场仍然是未知的.
研究的目的:
- 调查费米气泡的起源.
- 描述这些银河系外流中的磁场结构.
- 确定银河系中心观察到的现象背后的驱动机制.
主要方法:
- 来自银河系中心的极化辐射的无线电观测.
- 绘制无线电叶的范围和结构的地图.
- 对磁场强度和导向在叶片内的分析.
主要成果:
- 发现了两个巨大的,线性极化无线电叶,从银河系中心延伸~60度.
- 在无线电叶内识别了三种状基结构.
- 检测穿透叶片的强磁场 (高达15微高斯),与费米泡结构密切匹配.
结论:
- 无线电叶片是双圆形外流的证据,由恒星形成驱动,而不是黑洞活动.
- 这种外流将显著的磁能 (~10^55 ergs) 运送到银河系光环中.
- 内部的山脊可能记录了数百万年来核恒星形成的历史.
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