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Interplay of CR-driven galactic wind, magnetic field, and galactic dynamo in spiral galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

Marita Krause
Marita Krause*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany email: mkrause@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
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Abstract

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From our radio observations of the magnetic field strength and large-scale pattern of spiral galaxies of different Hubble types and star formation rates (SFR) we conclude that – though a high SFR in the disk increases the total magnetic field strength in the disk and the halo – the SFR does not change the global field configuration nor influence the global scale heights of the radio emission. The similar scale heights indicate that the total magnetic field regulates the galactic wind velocities. The galactic wind itself may be essential for an effective dynamo action.

Keywords

Galaxies: spiral – magnetic fields – halos – radio continuum: galaxies
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S259: Cosmic Magnetic Fields: From Planets, to Stars and Galaxies , November 2008 , pp. 547 - 548
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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