Long Term Evolution of Magnetized Bubbles in Galaxy Clusters

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2008-06-23

arxiv.org/abs/0806.3717v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 5 figures, accepted by ApJL. Minor changes according to the referee's report

Scientific paper

10.1086/592147

We have performed nonlinear ideal magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the long term evolution of a magnetized low-density "bubble" plasma formed by a radio galaxy in a stratified cluster medium. It is found that about 3.5% of the initial magnetic energy remains in the bubble after $\sim 8 \times 10^{9}$ years, and the initial magnetic bubble expansion is adiabatic. The bubble can survive for at least $8 \times 10^9$ years due to the stabilizing effect of the bubble magnetic field on Rayleigh-Taylor and Kelvin-Holmholtz instabilities, possibly accounting for "ghost cavities" as observed in Perseus-A\@. A filament structure spanning about 500 kpc is formed along the path of bubble motion. The mean value of the magnetic field inside this structure is $\sim 0.88$ $\mu$G at $\sim8\times10^9$ years. Finally, the initial bubble momentum and rotation have limited influence on the long term evolution of the bubble.

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