Measurement of Interstellar Magnetization by Synchrotron Polarization Variance
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| author | Guo, Ning-Ning Zhang, Jian-Fu Xiao, Hua-Ping Cho, Jungyeon Yang, Xue-Juan |
| author_facet | Guo, Ning-Ning Zhang, Jian-Fu Xiao, Hua-Ping Cho, Jungyeon Yang, Xue-Juan |
| contents | Since synchrotron polarization fluctuations are related to the fundamental properties of the magnetic field, we propose the polarization intensity variance to measure the Galactic interstellar medium (ISM) magnetization. We confirm the method's applicability by comparing it with the polarization angle dispersion and its reliability by measuring the underlying Alfvénic Mach number of MHD turbulence. With the finding of the power-law relation of $\mathcal{A} \propto M_{\rm A}^{2}$ between polarization intensity variance $\mathcal{A}$ and Alfvénic Mach number $M_{\rm A}$, we apply the new technique to the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (CGPS) data, achieving Alfvénic Mach number of the Galactic ISM. Our results show that the low-latitude Galactic ISM is dominated by sub-Alfénic turbulence, with $M_{\rm A}$ approximately between 0.5 and 1.0. |
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| spellingShingle | Measurement of Interstellar Magnetization by Synchrotron Polarization Variance Guo, Ning-Ning Zhang, Jian-Fu Xiao, Hua-Ping Cho, Jungyeon Yang, Xue-Juan Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Since synchrotron polarization fluctuations are related to the fundamental properties of the magnetic field, we propose the polarization intensity variance to measure the Galactic interstellar medium (ISM) magnetization. We confirm the method's applicability by comparing it with the polarization angle dispersion and its reliability by measuring the underlying Alfvénic Mach number of MHD turbulence. With the finding of the power-law relation of $\mathcal{A} \propto M_{\rm A}^{2}$ between polarization intensity variance $\mathcal{A}$ and Alfvénic Mach number $M_{\rm A}$, we apply the new technique to the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (CGPS) data, achieving Alfvénic Mach number of the Galactic ISM. Our results show that the low-latitude Galactic ISM is dominated by sub-Alfénic turbulence, with $M_{\rm A}$ approximately between 0.5 and 1.0. |
| title | Measurement of Interstellar Magnetization by Synchrotron Polarization Variance |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16310 |