Magnetic turbulence in clusters of galaxies

Details Magnetic turbulence in clusters of galaxies Magnetic turbulence in clusters of galaxies

Nov 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010hia....15..456e&link_type=abstract

Highlights of Astronomy, Volume 15, p. 456-458

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galaxies: Clusters: General, Magnetic Fields, Turbulence

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Galaxy clusters are large laboratories for magnetic plasma turbulence and therefore permit us to confront our theoretical concepts of magnetogenesis with detailed observations. Magnetic turbulence in clusters can be studied via the radio-synchrotron emission from the intra-cluster medium in the form of cluster radio relics and halos. The power spectrum of turbulent magnetic fields can be examined via Faraday rotation analysis of extended radio sources. In case of the Hydra A cool core, the observed magnetic spectrum can be understood in terms of a turbulence-mediated feedback loop between gas cooling and the jet activity of the central galaxy. Finally, methods to measure higher-order statistics of the magnetic field using Stokes-parameter correlations are discussed, which permit us to determine the power spectrum of the magnetic tension force. This fourth-order statistical quantity offers a way to discriminate between different magnetic turbulence scenarios and different field structures using radio polarimetric observations.

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