Magnetised bubbles across scales: from supernova remnants to the Local Bubble - with 3D MHD simulations
Mattia Pacicco
Magnetised bubbles pervade the interstellar medium across a vast range of scales, from individual supernova remnants (SNRs) to the superbubbles they collectively inflate. We present two complementary 3D magnetohydrodynamic studies tracing this hierarchy from its smallest building blocks to its most prominent local example. We simulate SNRs expanding into a non-homogeneous, magnetised two-phase medium, obtaining complex magnetic field configurations in their interiors. Strongly magnetised remnants develop magnetically confined hot cavities surrounded by a diffuse magnetised halo, and remain orders of magnitude more X-ray luminous than their weakly magnetised counterparts. We then extend our study to larger scales, simulating the Local Bubble: a superbubble encasing the Solar neighbourhood, whose expansion has been driven by numerous supernovae. We characterise its turbulent interior magnetic field and its amplification in the shell, while also modelling neighbouring superbubbles and SNRs within 1 kpc of the Sun. Together, these parsec- to kiloparsec-scale frameworks give us insights on the coupling between magnetic fields and stellar feedback, from individual remnants to the large-scale cavities structuring the local interstellar medium.
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