Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-06-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
11 pages, 14 figures, accepted for publication in PASJ
Scientific paper
We propose a primordial-origin model for the composite configurations of global magnetic fields in spiral galaxies. We show that uniform tilted magnetic field wound up into a rotating disk galaxy can evolve into composite magnetic configurations comprising bisymmetric spiral (S=BSS), axisymmetric spiral (A=ASS), plane-reversed spiral (PR), and/or ring (R) fields in the disk, and vertical (V) fields in the center. By MHD simulations we show that these composite galactic fields are indeed created from weak primordial uniform field, and that the different configurations can co-exist in the same galaxy. We show that spiral fields trigger the growth of two-armed gaseous arms. The centrally accumulated vertical fields are twisted and produce jet toward the halo. We find that the more vertical was the initial uniform field, the stronger is the formed magnetic field in the galactic disk.
Kudoh Takahiro
Machida Mami
Sofue Yoshiaki
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