RE: Electromagnetism: A Result of Gravity
Hey Jim, I did some more looking into this and I found that this observation is also found in radio waves but what is most interesting is the shape of these "lobes":
As they distinctly trail to one side, I was immediately reminded of the Earth's electromagnetic field as it is affected by the sun:
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This would suggest that the Milky Way's central black hole's electromagnetic field is influenced the same way by an even more massive object that it orbits. That object, too, would radiate an equivalent "solar wind" that would effectively push the electromagnetic field of our galaxy in a similar manner. Notably, radio waves are less energetic than x-rays, and thereby are composed of less massive particles, and so they would be more easily influenced by the "solar wind".
If we look at the Fermi all-sky survey of the X-ray "bubbles", they too are somewhat "bent" to the same side as the radio waves but it is less substantial:
This gives credence to the concept that this is an observation of portions of our galaxy's black hole's electromagnetic field, which is composed of a wide range of different masses of particles. Lower mass particles such as radio waves are more easily influenced and their trajectory bends sooner, creating "inner" rings of a given electromagnetic field (such as the image of Earth's above). Higher mass particles are influenced by gravity less and are able to travel further away, alike to the outer rings of Earth's electromagnetic field.
Another interesting piece of information is that these "lobes" and "bubbles" are known to be "magnetized", which makes sense if they are an electromagnetic field.
With the radio wave image, I am much more confident that these are portions of the electromagnetic field of our galaxy's supermassive black hole actually being directly observed. Thanks again for pointing this out to me! I will let you know if I come across more information. I may do a full post on this topic here on Steemit once I have digged some more and reference you and your question, if that's ok. :)
Thank you very much for approaching this observation deeper and in more detail! Good to notice that the image actually shows two lobes rather than bubbles (similar to earth's magnetic field interacting with solar wind) so we can clearly view it as a "bent" galactic electromagnetic field. I agree with it.
I am not so experienced with astrophysics as you are, the reason that I pointed this out was because this image appeared to me as another example showing that systems at any scale operate the same as you have said, triggering an interpretation from your side which would include the similarities with our closer earth/sun levels, just as you did with your reply.
So, the more examples we have, the more puzzle pieces are revealed and the clearer the image appears.
Of course, I really like your work and I would be happy to read more posts on this or any other topic.
It is definitely my pleasure! There are other observations as well, the first known as the Microwave Haze:
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and another known as the Planck Haze:
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While I feel confident that they are all likely direct observations of the electromagnetic field of our galaxy's central black hole and the effects of an external "solar wind" on it, I know there are extensive studies on these structures such as found in this paper, "A Unified Model of the Fermi Bubbles, Microwave Haze, and Polarized Radio Lobes: Reverse Shocks in the Galactic Center’s Giant Outflows", so I will definitely look through the research on these for observational descriptions to assist.
Interestingly, there is also a practice of measuring the velocity of these structures by using the light from supernovas going through the clouds to determine the motion. What I was unable to find, though, was research for the velocity of each structure independently. At most, it appears that the motion of the northern Fermi bubble was measured and the motion of the southern bubble was assumed to be the same. What I was trying to find was evidence of each's motion, as if it is observational evidence of the electromagnetic field of our galaxy then we would anticipate one side to flow outward (as they measured) but the other to be flowing inward (unknown but assumed to be outward).
I will have to do some more thorough searching into this to find more details to draw conclusions on, as right now I have only done a cursory search and drawn conclusions from the parallels between these structures and how other systems function. Maybe there is a measurement of the southern lobe's motion somewhere, which would be critical.
Exactly :) I will be writing a post specifically describing as many parallels between structures (galaxies, solar systems, planetary systems--black holes, stars, planets--etc) as possible to try to detail why adjacent levels function the same and how this is only logical to extrapolate outward infinitely.
Thanks for your interest! I imagine you went through my posts pretty well to even be commenting on this old post, but I do have lots of information in my posts that is all connected, feel free to browse through them at your leisure! My website has my research paper, its accompanying video, and a short book all here. I will hopefully be posting in the next few days on that subject and maybe this one as well when I feel more comfortable about the observations and more strongly about specifically what is happening. :)