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Magnetic Fields are not ignorable in the dynamics of disks

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Magnetic fields are considered to be dominant when ϵBϵK\epsilon_{B}\geq\epsilon_{K}, being ϵB=B2/8π\epsilon_{B}=B^{2}/8\pi the magnetic energy density and ϵK=1/2ρθ2\epsilon_{K}=1/2 \rho\theta^{2} the rotation energy density, for a conventional moderate B= 1 μ\muG. They are considered to be negligible when ϵB<ϵK\epsilon_{B}<\epsilon_{K} for B10μB\sim 10 \muG. With no assumption and no theoretical calculation, we show that magnetic fields cannot be ignored in the outer parts of a galaxy like the Milky Way and in the whole disk of a dwarf galaxy.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0009391,
  title  = {Magnetic Fields are not ignorable in the dynamics of disks},
  author = {E. Battaner and E. Florido and A. Guijarro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0009391},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

2 pages, 1 figure, for ASP Conference Series: "Galaxy Disks and Disk Galaxies", eds. J.G. Funes S.J. and E.M. Corsini