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We present a study of the rotation measure (RM) obtained from a sample of extra-galactic radio sources either embedded in or seen in projection through a sample of seven southern galaxy clusters (declination less than 30 degrees). We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Johnston-Hollitt , R. D. Ekers

We examine the efficacy of Dark-mode plasmonics as a platform for enhanced magneto-optics. Dark-mode of a small particle consists of two co-existing equal-intensity and mutually opposing dipolar excitations. Each of these two opposing…

Optics · Physics 2017-01-18 Y. Mazor , M. Meir , Ben Z. Steinberg

The design and performance of a wide bandwidth linear polarization modulator based on the Faraday effect is described. Faraday Rotation Modulators (FRMs) are solid-state polarization switches that are capable of modulation up to ~10 kHz.…

We assess the principal statistical and physical uncertainties associated with the determination of magnetic field strengths in clusters of galaxies from measurements of Faraday rotation (FR) and Compton-synchrotron emissions. In the former…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 William I. Newman , Alice L. Newman , Yoel Rephaeli

Faraday Rotation-Conversion is the simultaneous rotation of all three Stokes polarization parameters $Q$, $U$, $V$ as an electromagnetic wave propagates through a magnetized plasma. In this regime the Faraday plasma screen is characterized…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-15 Andrei Gruzinov , Yuri Levin

The goal of this work is to constrain the strength and structure of the magnetic field in the nearby cluster of galaxies A2255. At radio wavelengths A2255 is characterized by the presence of a polarized radio halo at the cluster center, a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Govoni , M. Murgia , L. Feretti , G. Giovannini , K. Dolag , G. B. Taylor

Tangled, primordial cosmic magnetic fields create small rotational velocity perturbations on the last scattering surface (LSS) of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR). For fields which redshift to a present value of $B_0 =…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. R. Seshadri , Kandaswamy Subramanian

The polarization data of the radio galaxy NGC4869, belonging to the Coma cluster and located in its central region, allow us to obtain information on the structure of magnetic field associated with the cluster itself. A magnetic field of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 L. Feretti , D. Dallacasa , G. Giovannini , A. Tagliani

The gyrotropic properties of a rotating magnetized plasma are derived analytically. Mechanical rotation leads to a new cutoff for wave propagation along the magnetic field and polarization rotation above this cutoff is the sum of the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-11-25 R. Gueroult , J. -M. Rax , N. J. Fisch

Bounds on the amplitude of a scale-invariant stochastic primordial magnetic field (PMF) can be significantly improved by measurements of the Faraday Rotation (FR) of CMB polarization. The mode-coupling correlations induced by FR make it…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-26 Levon Pogosian

Aims. The magnetized medium induces birefringence, splitting the light into two distinct wave modes. The differing propagation speeds of the two modes result in different trajectories. Strong gravitational lensing amplifies the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-09 Xinzhong Er

Circular polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) arises in the standard cosmological model from Faraday conversion of the linear polarization generated at the surface of last scatter by various sources of birefringence along…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-27 Marc Kamionkowski

Magnetic fields permeate the Universe, including galaxy clusters, and affect the thermodynamical properties of the intra-cluster medium (ICM). Cosmological simulations predict that seed magnetic fields are amplified up to the $\mu$G-level…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-14 A. Pagliotta , C. J. Riseley , A. Bonafede , C. Stuardi , F. Loi

Cosmological simulations of magnetic fields in galaxy clusters show that remarkable agreement between simulations and observations of Faraday rotation and radio haloes can be achieved assuming that seed fields of 10^{-9} G were present at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Matthias Bartelmann , Klaus Dolag , Harald Lesch

In regions with strongly varying electron density, radio emission can be magnified significantly by plasma lensing. In the presence of magnetic fields, magnification in time and frequency will be different for two circular polarizations. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-13 Dongzi Li , Fang Xi Lin , Robert Main , Ue-Li Pen , Marten H. van Kerkwijk , I-Sheng Yang

Recently, some fast radio bursts (FRBs) have been reported to exhibit complex and diverse variations in Faraday rotation measurements (RM) and polarization, suggesting that dynamically evolving magnetization environments may surround them.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-29 Zhao-Yang Xia , Yuan-Pei Yang , Qiao-Chu Li , Fa-Yin Wang , Bo-Yang Liu , Zi-Gao Dai

A primordial degree of circular polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background is not observationally excluded. The hypothesis of primordial dichroism can be quantitatively falsified if the plasma is magnetized prior to photon decoupling…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Massimo Giovannini

We perform cosmological, hydrodynamic simulations of magnetic fields in galaxy clusters. The computational code combines the special-purpose hardware Grape for calculating gravitational interaction, and smooth-particle hydrodynamics for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Klaus Dolag , Matthias Bartelmann , Harald Lesch

We perform cosmological, hydrodynamic simulations of magnetic fields in galaxy clusters. The computational code combines the special-purpose hardware Grape for calculating gravitational interaction, and smooth-particle hydrodynamics for the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Klaus Dolag , Matthias Bartelmann , Harald Lesch

The joint analysis of the Dispersion and Faraday Rotation Measure from distant, polarised Fast Radio Bursts may be used to put constraints on the origin and distribution of extragalactic magnetic fields on cosmological scales. While the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-24 F. Vazza , M. Brüggen , P. M. Hinz , D. Wittor , N. Locatelli , C. Gheller