Force-free magnetic filaments and the cosmic background radiation

Author

Lerner, Eric J.

Author_Institution

Lawrenceville Plasma Phys., NJ, USA

Volume

20

Issue

6

fYear

1992

fDate

12/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

935

Lastpage

938

Abstract

Dense, force-free magnetic filaments generated by quasars, active galactic nuclei, and Herbig-Haro objects can remain stable in the intergalactic medium for many Gy. They will be opaque to radiation with wavelengths longer than 100-400 μm, and essentially transparent to shorter wavelengths. They are thus capable of thermalizing and isotropizing the cosmic background radiation, and of accounting for the observed decrease of radio luminosity of galaxies within increasing distance from the Earth

Keywords

galaxies; intergalactic magnetic fields; interstellar magnetic fields; nebulae; pre-main-sequence stars; quasars; radiofrequency cosmic radiation; radiogalaxies; Herbig-Haro objects; active galactic nuclei; cosmic background radiation; force-free magnetic filaments; intergalactic medium; interstellar medium; microwave background; premain sequence stars; quasars; radio luminosity; radiogalaxies; Associate members; Earth; Electrons; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic fields; Magnetic separation; Optical scattering; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Plasma properties; Stability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/27.199554

Filename

199554