- TANUMA SYUNITI
- Journal of the Korean astronomical society = 천문학회지
- 34, n.4
- pp.309-311
- 2001
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Strong thermal X-ray emission, called Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission, is observed along the Galactic plane (Koyama et al. 1986). The origin of hot (<TEX>$\~$</TEX>7 keV) component of GRXE is not known, while cool (<TEX>$\~$</TEX>0.8 keV) one is associated with supernovae (Kaneda et al. 1997, Sugizaki et al. 2001). We propose a possible mechanism to explain the origin; locally strong magnetic fields of <TEX>$B_{local}\;\~30{\mu}G$</TEX> heat interstellar gas to <TEX>$\~$</TEX>7 keV via magnetic reconnection (Tanuma et al. 1999). There will be the small-scale (< 10 pc) strong magnetic fields, which can be observed as <TEX>$(B)_{obs} \;\~3{\mu}G$</TEX> by integration of Faraday Rotation Measure, if it is localized by a volume filling factor of f <TEX>$\~$</TEX> 0.1. In order to examine this model, we solved three-dimensional (3D) resistive magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations numerically to examine the magnetic reconnect ion triggered by a supernova shock (fig.l). We assume that the magnetic field is Bx = 30tanh(y/20pc) <TEX>$\mu$</TEX>G, By = Bz = 0, and the temperature is uniform, at the initial condition. We put a supernova explosion outside the current sheet. The supernova-shock, as a result, triggers the magnetic reconnect ion, and the gas is heatd to > 7 keV. The magnetic reconnect ion heats the interstellar gas to <TEX>$\~$</TEX>7 keV in the Galactic plane, if it occurs in the locally strong magnetic fields of <TEX>$B_{local}\;\~30{\mu}G$</TEX>. The heated plasma is confined by the magnetic field for <TEX>$\~10^{5.5} yr$</TEX>. The required interval of the magnetic reconnect ions (triggered by anything) is <TEX>$\~$</TEX>1 - 10 yr. The magnetic reconnect ion will explain the origin of X-rays from the Galactic ridge, furthermore the Galactic halo, and clusters of galaxies.