Nie Yuchen, Qing Daochong, Li Di, Chen Xunzhou, Krčo Marko, Li Chenrui, Lü Xin, Yang Aiyuan, Zheng Yinghui. Velocity-resolved relationship between filamentary H Ⅰ structure and magnetic-field orientation in the Orion-Eridanus superbubble regionJ. Journal of Beijing Normal University(Natural Science), 2026, 62(3): 333-339. DOI: 10.12202/j.0476-0301.2026070
Citation: Nie Yuchen, Qing Daochong, Li Di, Chen Xunzhou, Krčo Marko, Li Chenrui, Lü Xin, Yang Aiyuan, Zheng Yinghui. Velocity-resolved relationship between filamentary H Ⅰ structure and magnetic-field orientation in the Orion-Eridanus superbubble regionJ. Journal of Beijing Normal University(Natural Science), 2026, 62(3): 333-339. DOI: 10.12202/j.0476-0301.2026070

Velocity-resolved relationship between filamentary H Ⅰ structure and magnetic-field orientation in the Orion-Eridanus superbubble region

  • Magnetic fields are a fundamental property of diffuse interstellar medium. Previous studies have shown that filamentary H Ⅰ structure often follows the plane-of-sky magnetic field inferred from polarized dust emission. Leveraging high-sensitivity FAST/CRAFTS H Ⅰ survey and Planck 353 GHz dust polarization, we target the Orion-Eridanus superbubble environment and map relative orientation between H Ⅰ filaments and dust-inferred magnetic field across vLSR = −15 to 15 km·s−1. We find a clear environmental bifurcation: exterior to the projected shell, low-velocity gas (−15 ≤ vLSR < 0 km·s−1) shows large and spatially coherent misalignment, whereas higher-velocity exterior gas aligns significantly better. The interior remains comparably well-aligned across all velocities, with little velocity dependence. Therefore broad H Ⅰ-dust alignment commonly seen in velocity-integrated studies does not apply uniformly to all kinematic components in the Orion-Eridanus environment. The spatially coherent low-velocity exterior structure represents a distinct component with enhanced misalignment, providing a new observational clue to the origin of geometrically differentiated atomic gas in a feedback-shaped environment.
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