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Context. Molecular clouds are known to be turbulent and strongly affected by stellar feedback. Moreover, stellar feedback is believed to drive turbulence at large scales in galaxies. Aims. We study the role played by supernovae in molecular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-04-15 Olivier Iffrig , Patrick Hennebelle

We present an analytic model for clustered supernovae (SNe) feedback in galaxy disks, incorporating the dynamical evolution of superbubbles formed from spatially overlapping SNe remnants. We propose two realistic outcomes for the evolution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-29 Matthew E. Orr , Drummond B. Fielding , Christopher C. Hayward , Blakesley Burkhart

We have performed extensive two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations to study the amplification of magnetic fields when a supernova blast wave propagates into a turbulent interstellar plasma. The blast wave is driven by injecting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Fan Guo , Shengtai Li , Hui Li , Joe Giacalone , J. R. Jokipii , David Li

We study the evolution of multiple supernova (SN) explosions inside a pre-exiting cavity blown by winds from massive progenitor stars. Hydrodynamic simulations in one-dimensional spherical geometry, including radiative cooling and thermal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Hyunjin Cho , Hyesung Kang

We study the magnetic field evolution of an isolated spiral galaxy, using isolated Milky Way-mass galaxy formation simulations and a novel prescription for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) supernova feedback. Our main result is that a galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-26 Iryna Butsky , Jonathan Zrake , Ji-hoon Kim , Hung-I Yang , Tom Abel

Bubbles and super-bubbles are ubiquitous in the interstellar medium and influence their local magnetic field. Starting from the assumption that bubbles result from violent explosions that sweep matter away in a thick shell, we derive the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-19 V. Pelgrims , M. Unger , I. C. Maris

Mass loss from massive stars ($\ga 8 \msun$) can result in the formation of circumstellar wind blown cavities surrounding the star, bordered by a thin, dense, cold shell. When the star explodes as a core-collapse supernova (SN), the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Vikram V. Dwarkadas

Initial results are presented from 3D MHD modelling of stellar-wind bubbles around O stars moving supersonically through the ISM. We describe algorithm updates that enable high-resolution 3D MHD simulations at reasonable computational cost.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-06 Jonathan Mackey , Samuel Green , Maria Moutzouri

We explore the formation of superbubbles through energy deposition by multiple supernovae (SNe) in a uniform medium. We use total energy conserving, 3-D hydrodynamic simulations to study how SNe correlated in space and time create…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-21 Naveen Yadav , Dipanjan Mukherjee , Prateek Sharma , Biman B. Nath

Numerical simulations of the multi-phase interstellar medium have been carried out, using a 3D, nonlinear, magnetohydrodynamic, shearing-box model, with random motions driven by supernova explosions. These calculations incorporate the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Graeme R. Sarson , Anvar Shukurov , Aake Nordlund , Boris Gudiksen , Axel Brandenburg

We have performed nonlinear ideal magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the long term evolution of a magnetized low-density "bubble" plasma formed by a radio galaxy in a stratified cluster medium. It is found that about 3.5% of the initial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Wei Liu , Hui Li , Shengtai Li , Scott C. Hsu

Context. The galactic winds of starburst galaxies (SBGs) give rise to remarkable structures on kiloparsec scales. However, the evolution and shape of these giant wind bubbles, as well as the properties of the shocks they develop, are not…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-05 Z. Meliani , P. Cristofari , A. Rodriguez-Gonzalez , G. Fichet de Clairfontaine , E. Proust , E. Peretti

Large scale phenomena in spiral galaxies such as shear, supernovae, and magnetic fields all contribute to the formation and subsequent evolution of filamentary structure and star formation within them. In this paper, we analyze the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-27 Rachel Pillsworth , Ralph E. Pudritz , Eric W. Koch , Theo J. O'Neill

Radio continuum observations allow to reveal the magnetic field structure in the disk and halo of nearby spiral galaxies, their magnetic field strength and vertical scale heights. The spiral galaxies studied so far show a similar magnetic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-01-08 Marita Krause

We investigate the role of supernova (SN)-driven galactic winds in the chemical enrichment of the intracluster medium (ICM). Such outflows on galactic scales have their origin in huge star forming regions and expel metal enriched material…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 Verena Baumgartner , Dieter Breitschwerdt

Using magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) adaptive mesh refinement simulations, we study the formation and early evolution of disk galaxies with a magnetized interstellar medium. For a $10^{10}$ \msun halo with initial NFW dark matter and gas…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-17 Peng Wang , Tom Abel

A fully three-dimensional (3D) magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) model is applied to simulate the evolution of the large-scale magnetic field in cluster galaxies interacting with the intra-cluster medium (ICM). As the model input we use a time…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 K. Otmianowska-Mazur , B. Vollmer

The possibility of the magnetic flux expulsion from the Galaxy in the superbubble (SB) explosions, important for the Alpha-Omega dynamo, is considered. Special emphasis is put on the investigation of the downsliding of the matter from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. R. Rafikov , R. M. Kulsrud

The origin and structure of the magnetic fields in the interstellar medium of spiral galaxies is investigated with 3D, non-ideal, compressible MHD simulations, including stratification in the galactic gravity field, differential rotation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-04-01 F. A. Gent , A. Shukurov , A. Fletcher , G. R. Sarson , M. J. Mantere

Superbubbles and supershells are the channels for transferring mass and energy from the Galactic disk to the halo. Magnetic fields are believed to play a vital role in their evolution. We study the radio continuum and polarized emission…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 X. Y. Gao , W. Reich , P. Reich , J. L. Han , R. Kothes