The Radio-FIR Correlation: Is MHD Turbulence the Cause?

Groves, Brent; Cho, Jungyeon; Dopita, Michael; Lazarian, Alexander

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The Radio-FIR Correlation: Is MHD Turbulence the Cause?

Date

2003

Authors

Groves, Brent

Cho, Jungyeon

Dopita, Michael

Lazarian, Alexander

Publisher

CSLI Publications

Abstract

The radio-far infrared correlation is one of the tightest correlations found in astronomy. Many of the models explaining this correlation rely on the association of global magnetic field strength with gas density. In this letter we put forward that the physical reason for this association lies within the processes of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence.