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Vertical Magnetic Fields in Spiral Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Yoshiaki Sofue
Yoshiaki Sofue*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy The University of Tokyo Mitaka, Tokyo 181, Japan

Abstract

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Evolution of a vertical magnetic field which may have existed in the primeval galaxy is discussed based on a primordial-origin hypothesis for the bisymmetric spiral configuration of magnetic fields in spiral galaxies. The vertical field is accumulated toward the nucleus and forms a strong poloidal field, which may trigger activities like jets. Quasar jets are suggested to be the result of such strong vertical fields in the cores of primeval galaxies.

Type
5. The Polarization, Magnetic Field and Velocity Structure of External Spiral Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 140: Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields , 1990 , pp. 227 - 232
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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