7–12 Jul 2024
Aurum, the ‘Gabriele d’Annunzio’ University and ICRANet
Europe/Rome timezone

Multi-wavelength view of the Galactic Center outflows

11 Jul 2024, 17:45
20m
M5 (Palazzo Micara of the ‘Gabriele d’Annunzio’ University)

M5

Palazzo Micara of the ‘Gabriele d’Annunzio’ University

Viale Pindaro, 42, Pescara
Invited talk in a parallel session Latest results from Galactic center observations Latest results from Galactic center observations

Speaker

Heshou Zhang (INAF - OA Brera)

Description

The large-scale structures such as Fermi Bubbles and eROSITA Bubbles provide a unique opportunity to study our Milky Way. However, the nature and origin of these large structures are still under debate. In this talk, I will present the identification of several kpc-scale magnetised structures based on their polarized radio emission and their gamma-ray counterparts, which can be interpreted as the radiation of relativistic electrons in the Galactic magnetic halo. These non-thermal structures extend far above and below the Galactic plane and are spatially coincident with the thermal X-ray emission from the eROSITA Bubbles. The morphological consistency of these structures suggests a common origin, which can be sustained by Galactic outflows driven by the active star-forming regions located at 3 − 5 kpc from the Galactic Centre. These results reveal how X-ray-emitting and magnetised halos of spiral galaxies can be related to intense star formation activities and suggest that the X-shaped coherent magnetic structures observed in their halos can stem from galaxy outflows.

Primary author

Heshou Zhang (INAF - OA Brera)

Co-authors

Dr Gabriele Ponti (INAF - OA Brera) Dr Ettore Carretti (INAF - IRA) Prof. Ruo-Yu Liu (Nanjing University) Prof. Mark Morris (UCLA)

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