The Loop I Superbubble and the Local Interstellar Magnetic Field

Cosmic Ray Anisotropy Workshop 2013

Frisch, Priscilla Chapman^1

University of Chicago, Dept. Astronomy and Astrophysics, Chicago, IL 60637, United States^1

关键词: Energetic neutral atoms;    Geometrical relations;    Interstellar clouds;    Interstellar magnetic fields;    Interstellar mediums;    Local interstellar clouds;    Local magnetic field;    Measurements of;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/531/1/012005/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/531/1/012005

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Recent data on the interstellar magnetic field in the low density nearby interstellar medium suggest a new perspective for understanding interstellar clouds within 40 pc. The directions of the local interstellar magnetic field found from measurements of optically polarized starlight and the very local field found from the Ribbon of energetic neutral atoms discovered by IBEX nearly agree. The geometrical relation between the local magnetic field, the positions and kinematics of local interstellar clouds, and the Loop I S1 superbubble, suggest that the Sun is located in the boundary of this evolved superbubble. The quasiperpendicular angle between the bulk kinematics and magnetic field of the local ISM indicates that a complete picture of low density interstellar clouds needs to include information on the interstellar magnetic field.