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MHD Mechanisms for the Formation of Galactic Center Lobes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

Kazunari Shibata
Kazunari Shibata*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, Aichi University of Education, Japan

Abstract

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I critically discuss three possible MHD mechanisms for the formation of Galactic center lobes (GCL) found by Sofue and Handa (1984) from the theoretical point of view. The three mechanisms I shall discuss are: (1) sweeping-magnetic-twist mechanism, (2) explosion in a disk with a vertical magnetic field, and (3) nonlinear Parker instability. I review the characteristics of these mechanisms, which are mainly obtained from nonlinear 2D MHD numerical simulations, and discuss their merits and demerits as possible mechanisms for the formation of GCL and related magnetic structures.

Type
Magnetic Phenomena
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 136: The Galactic Center , 1989 , pp. 313 - 317
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1989 

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