Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-09-25
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
LaTeX, 8 pages, Invited lecture at the Les Arc meeting January 1997, Proc. Moriond Meeting on High Energy Phenomena, Les Arcs,
Scientific paper
The simulations of the formation of cosmological structure allows to determine the spatial inhomogeneity of cosmic magnetic fields. Such simulations, however, do not give an absolute number for the strength of the magnetic field due to insufficient spatial resolution. Combining these simulations with observations of the Rotation Measure to distant radio sources allows then to deduce upper limits for the strength of the magnetic field. These upper limits are of order 0.2 - 2 muG along the filaments and sheets of the galaxy distribution. In one case, the sheet outside the Coma cluster, there is a definitive estimate of the strength of the magnetic field consistent with this range. Such estimates are almost three orders of magnitude higher than hitherto assumed usually. High energy cosmic ray particles can be either focussed or strongly scattered in such magnetic filaments and sheets, depending on the initial transverse momentum. The cosmological background in radio and X-ray wavelengths will have contributions from these intergalactic filaments and sheets, should the magnetic fields really be as high as 0.2 - 2 muG.
Biermann Peter L.
Kang Hyesung
Rachen Joerg P.
Ryu Dongsu
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