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Table 7.

Magnetic field strengths and SFR surface density for nearby galaxies.

Galaxy Btot Bord Btur Bord/Btur ΣSFR ldif
(μG) (μG) (μG) (M Gyr−1 pc−2) (pc)
IC 342 10.2 ± 1.3 1.87 ± 0.65 10.0 ± 1.3 0.19 ± 0.07 3.5 ± 0.3 200 ± 10
NGC 4214 3.7 ± 0.5 0.68 ± 0.27 3.6 ± 0.5 0.19 ± 0.08 4.9 (9) ± 1.5 180
M 31 (1) 6.6 ± 0.3 4.3 ± 0.3 5.0 ± 0.2 0.86 ± 0.07 0.6 ± 0.1 730 ± 90
M 33 (1) 8.1 ± 0.5 2.8 ± 0.3 7.6 ± 0.5 0.37 ± 0.05 3.0 ± 0.6 < 400
NGC 6946 (2) 16.0 ± 1.5 9.9 ± 2.1 12.6 ± 2.7 0.79 ± 0.24 7.2 ± 1.8 1700 ± 200
LMC 10.1 ± 1.7 (3) 1.1 (3) 10.0 ± 1.7 (3) 0.11 ± 0.01 2.6 (4) 200 ± 90 (5)
M 51 15 ± 2.2 (6) 7.9 ± 1.1 (6) 12.7 ± 1.9 (6) 0.62 ± 0.26 (6) 12 (7) ± 1.8 > 500 ± 200 (8)

Notes. Total (Btot), ordered (Bord), and turbulent (Btur) magnetic field strengths are presented for a sample of nearby galaxies along with the SFR surface density (ΣSFR) and the diffusion length of CREs (ldif).

(1)Tabatabaei et al. (2013a), (2)Tabatabaei et al. (2013b), (3)Hassani et al. (2022), (4)Whitney et al. (2008), (5)Hughes et al. (2006), (6)Fletcher et al. (2011), (7)Leroy et al. (2008), (8)Dumas et al. (2011), (9)Calzetti et al. (2010).

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