Measuring cosmic magnetic fields by rotation measure-galaxy cross-correlations in cosmological simulations
Measuring cosmic magnetic fields by rotation measure-galaxy cross-correlations in cosmological simulations
复制标题
通过旋转测量宇宙学模拟中的星系互相关来测量宇宙磁场
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17166.x
复制
发表时间:
2010
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Donnert
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Stasyszyn;Donnert
Using cosmological magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations of the magnetic field in galaxy clusters and filaments, we evaluate the possibility to infer the magnetic field strength in filaments by measuring cross-correlation functions between Faraday rotation measures (RM) and the galaxy density field. We also test the reliability of recent estimates considering the problem of data quality and Galactic foreground (GF) removal in current data sets. Besides the two self-consistent simulations of cosmological magnetic fields based on primordial seed fields and galactic outflows analysed here, we also explore a larger range of models scaling up the resulting magnetic fields of one of the simulations. We find that, if an unnormalized estimator for the cross-correlation functions and a GF removal procedure is used, the detectability of the cosmological signal is only possible for future instruments (e.g. SKA and ASKAP). However, mapping of the observed RM signal to the underlying magnetization of the Universe (both in space and time) is an extremely challenging task which is limited by the ambiguities of our model parameters, as well as to the weak response of the RM signal in low-density environments. Therefore, we conclude that current data cannot constrain the amplitude and distribution of magnetic fields within the large-scale structure and a detailed theoretical understanding of the build-up and distribution of magnetic fields within the Universe will be needed for the interpretation of future observations.
登录
查看更多内容
DOI:
--
发表时间:
2005
期刊:
影响因子:
--
作者:
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Extraterrestrische Forschung
通讯作者:
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Extraterrestrische Forschung
DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15655.x
发表时间:
2010
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Donnert;Cassano;Brunetti
通讯作者:
Brunetti
影响因子:
6
作者:
R. Beck;B. B. M. F. Radioastronomie;Bonn;H Germany;Harvard;Cambridge;Usa
通讯作者:
Usa
DOI:
--
发表时间:
2006
期刊:
影响因子:
--
作者:
F. G. I. ;I. D. Radioastronomia
通讯作者:
I. D. Radioastronomia
DOI:
--
发表时间:
2010
期刊:
影响因子:
--
作者:
T. Mančal;L. Valkunas
通讯作者:
L. Valkunas