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Magnetic Fields in Young Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Åke Nordlund  and
Örnólfur Rögnvaldsson
Åke Nordlund
Affiliation:
Theoretical Astrophysics Center and Nordita, Copenhagen
Örnólfur Rögnvaldsson
Affiliation:
Theoretical Astrophysics Center and Nordita, Copenhagen

Abstract

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We have studied the fate of initial magnetic fields in the hot halo gas out of which the visible parts of galaxies form, using three-dimensional numerical MHD-experiments. The halo gas undergoes compression by several orders of magnitude in the subsonic cooling flow that forms the cold disk. The magnetic field is carried along and is amplified considerably in the process, reaching μG levels for reasonable values of the initial ratio of magnetic to thermal energy density.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 12: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 2000 , 2002 , pp. 706 - 708
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2002

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