H i filaments as potential compass needles? Comparing the magnetic field structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud to the orientation of GASKAP-H i filaments
| العنوان: | H |
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| المؤلفون: | Y K Ma, N M McClure-Griffiths, S E Clark, S J Gibson, J Th van Loon, J D Soler, M E Putman, J M Dickey, M -Y Lee, K E Jameson, L Uscanga, J Dempsey, H Dénes, C Lynn, N M Pingel |
| المصدر: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521:60-83 |
| بيانات النشر: | Oxford University Press (OUP), 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies |
| الوصف: | High-spatial-resolution HI observations have led to the realisation that the nearby (within few hundreds of parsecs) Galactic atomic filamentary structures are aligned with the ambient magnetic field. Enabled by the high quality data from the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope for the Galactic ASKAP HI (GASKAP-HI) survey, we investigate the potential magnetic alignment of the $\gtrsim 10\,{\rm pc}$-scale HI filaments in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Using the Rolling Hough Transform (RHT) technique that automatically identifies filamentary structures, combined with our newly devised ray-tracing algorithm that compares the HI and starlight polarisation data, we find that the HI filaments in the northeastern end of the SMC main body ("Bar" region) and the transition area between the main body and the tidal feature ("Wing" region) appear preferentially aligned with the magnetic field traced by starlight polarisation. Meanwhile, the remaining SMC volume lacks starlight polarisation data of sufficient quality to draw any conclusions. This suggests for the first time that filamentary HI structures can be magnetically aligned across a large spatial volume ($\gtrsim\,{\rm kpc}$) outside of the Milky Way. In addition, we generate maps of the preferred orientation of HI filaments throughout the entire SMC, revealing the highly complex gaseous structures of the galaxy likely shaped by a combination of the intrinsic internal gas dynamics, tidal interactions, and star formation feedback processes. These maps can further be compared with future measurements of the magnetic structures in other regions of the SMC. Comment: 24 pages, MNRAS accepted |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| تدمد: | 1365-2966 0035-8711 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::4ddde44c473a0703516ad17e196c8410 https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad462 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....4ddde44c473a0703516ad17e196c8410 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 13652966 00358711 |
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