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(Abridged) This paper introduces the formalism which connects between rotation measure ($\RM$) measurements for extragalactic sources and the cosmological magnetic field power spectrum. It is shown that the amplitude and shape of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Tsafrir Kolatt

We search for observational signatures of magnetic helicity in data from all-sky radio polarization surveys of the Milky Way Galaxy. Such a detection would help confirm the dynamo origin of the field and may provide new observational…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 J. L. West , R. N. Henriksen , K. Ferrière , A. Woodfinden , T. Jaffe , B. M. Gaensler , J. A. Irwin

We calculate synchrotron radiation in three-dimensional pseudo-Newtonian magnetohydrodynamic simulations of radiatively inefficient accretion flows. We show that the emission is highly variable at optically thin frequencies, with order of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Joshua E. Goldston , Eliot Quataert , Igor V. Igumenshchev

In this paper we present a three-dimensional numerical model for the radio emission of Magnetic Chemically Peculiar stars, on the hypothesis that energetic electrons emit by the gyrosynchrotron mechanism. For this class of radio stars,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Trigilio , P. Leto , G. Umana , F. Leone , C. S. Buemi

Cosmic-ray (CR) leptons produce radio synchrotron radiation by gyrating in interstellar magnetic fields (B-field). Details of B-fields, CR electron distributions and propagation are still uncertain. We present developments in our modelling…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-11-22 Elena Orlando , Andrew Strong

We show that the radial profiles of the temperature and density of the electrons as well as the magnetic field strength around the massive black hole at the Galactic center, SgrA*, may be constrained directly from existing radio data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-27 Abraham Loeb , Eli Waxman

Understanding the role that magnetic fields play on the stage of galaxy formation requires accurate methods for inferring the properties of extragalactic magnetic fields. Radio synchrotron emission has been the most promising avenue to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-13 Tara Dacunha , Sergio Martin-Alvarez , Susan E. Clark , Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez

Reliable identification of the origin of the high-energy non-thermal emission from the Galactic Center (GC) is not achievable without adequate consideration of the ambient conditions such as the magnetic field configuration or gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-19 Mehmet Guenduez , Julia Becker Tjus , Katia Ferrière , Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar , Dominik J. Bomans

Magnetic fields in large scale structure filaments beyond galaxy clusters remain poorly understood. Superclusters offer a unique setting to study these low density environments, where weak signals make detection challenging. The Faraday…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-13 G. V. Pignataro , S. P. O'Sullivan , A. Bonafede , G. Bernardi , F. Vazza , E. Carretti

This paper investigates the physical reasons for the existence, the tightness and the near universality of the FIR/radio correlation for late-type field galaxies. We develop theoretical models for the radio and far-infrared (FIR) emission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 U. Lisenfeld , H. J. Voelk , C. Xu

Complementary views of galaxy clusters in the radio synchrotron, hard X-ray inverse Compton, and high-energy gamma-ray regimes are critical in calibrating them as high-precision cosmological probes. We present predictions for scaling…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Christoph Pfrommer

Radio synchrotron emission, its polarization and its Faraday rotation are powerful tools to study the strength and structure of interstellar magnetic fields. The total intensity traces the strength and distribution of total magnetic fields.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rainer Beck

The strength of the total magnetic field in our Milky Way from radio Zeeman and synchrotron measurements is about 6 muG near the Sun and several mG in dense clouds, pulsar wind nebulae, and filaments near the Galactic Center. Diffuse…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rainer Beck

The observed interaction product of Cosmic Rays (CRs) and Galactic magnetic fields (GMF) is the Galactic synchrotron emission integrated over the line-of-sight (LOS). The GMF strength and morphology and the CR density can be probed by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-08 I. M. Polderman , M. Haverkorn , T. R. Jaffe

We compute robust lower limits on the spin temperature, $T_{\rm S}$, of the $z=8.4$ intergalactic medium (IGM), implied by the upper limits on the 21-cm power spectrum recently measured by PAPER-64. Unlike previous studies which used a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-16 Bradley Greig , Andrei Mesinger , Jonathan C. Pober

Cosmic rays (CRs) and magnetic fields are dynamically important components in the Galaxy, and their energy densities are comparable to that of the turbulent interstellar gas. The interaction of CRs and Galactic magnetic fields produces…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-23 I. M. Polderman , M. Haverkorn , T. R. Jaffe , M. I. R. Alves

We present an extensive synthetic observational analysis of numerically- simulated radio galaxies designed to explore the effectiveness of conventional observational analyses at recovering physical source properties. These are the first…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 I. L. Tregillis , T. W. Jones , Dongsu Ryu

LOFAR observations of diffuse interstellar polarization at meter wavelengths reveal intricate polarized intensity structures with an unexpected correlation with neutral HI filaments that could not be reproduced in simulations with low cold…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-15 Jack Berat , Marc-Antoine Miville-Deschênes , Andrea Bracco , Patrick Hennebelle , Jeremy Scholtys

Context. The existence of magnetic fields in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) is largely unconstrained. Their detection is important as magnetic fields can have a significant impact on the evolution of the CGM and, in turn, the fields can…

We study the influence of the random part of the Galactic magnetic field on the propagation of ultra high-energy cosmic rays. Within very mild approximations about the properties of the electron density fluctuations in the Galaxy we are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-25 M. S. Pshirkov , P. G. Tinyakov , F. R. Urban