Cosmic Magnetic Fields in Large Scale Filaments and Sheets

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1998-03-24

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9803275v1

Astron.Astrophys.335:19-25,1998

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages including 3 figures, uses l-aa.sty, Astronomy and Astrophyscis in press, also available upon request to ryu@canopus.

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We consider the possibility that cosmic magnetic field, instead of being uniformly distributed, is strongly correlated with the large scale structure of the universe. Then, the observed rotational measure of extra-galactic radio sources would be caused mostly by the clumpy magnetic field in cosmological filaments/sheets rather than by a uniform magnetic field, which was often assumed in previous studies. As a model for the inhomogeneity of the cosmological magnetic field, we adopt a cosmological hydrodynamic simulation, where the field is passively included, and can approximately represent the real field distribution with an arbitrary normalization for the field strength. Then, we derive an upper limit of the magnetic field strength by comparing the observed limit of rotational measure with the rotational measure expected from the magnetic field geometry in the simulated model universe. The resulting upper limit to the magnetic field in filaments and sheets is ${\bar B}_{fs} \la 1 \mu G$ which is $\sim10^3$ times higher than the previously quoted values. This value is close to, but larger than, the equipartition magnetic field strength in filaments and sheets. The amplification mechanism of the magnetic field to the above strength is uncertain. The implications of such a strength of the cosmic magnetic field are discussed.

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