Large-scale magnetized outflows from the Virgo Cluster spiral NGC4569

Details Large-scale magnetized outflows from the Virgo Cluster spiral NGC4569 Large-scale magnetized outflows from the Virgo Cluster spiral NGC4569

2005-10-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0510392v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in A&A, 8 pages, 6 figures

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Using the Effelsberg radio telescope at 4.85GHz and 8.35 GHz we discovered large symmetric lobes of polarized radio emission around the strongly HI deficient Virgo cluster spiral galaxy NGC4569. These lobes extend up to 24 kpc from the galactic disk. Our observations were complemented by 1.4 GHz continuum emission from existing HI observations. This is the first time that such huge radio continuum lobes are observed in a cluster spiral galaxy. The eastern lobe seems detached and has a flat spectrum typical for in-situ cosmic ray electron acceleration. The western lobe is diffuse and possesses vertical magnetic fields over its whole volume. The lobes are not powered by an AGN, but probably by a nuclear starburst producing >10^5 supernovae which occurred ~30 Myr ago. Since the radio lobes are symmetric, they resist ram pressure due to the galaxy's rapid motion within the intracluster medium.

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