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Radio-wave scintillation observations reveal a nearly Kolmogorov spectrum of density fluctuations in the ionized interstellar medium. Although this density spectrum is suggestive of turbulence, no theory relevant to its interpretation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Yoram Lithwick , Peter Goldreich

Spatially-resolved gas pressure maps of the Coma galaxy cluster are obtained from a mosaic of XMM-Newton observations in the scale range between a resolution of 20 kpc and an extent of 2.8 Mpc. A Fourier analysis of the data reveals the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Schuecker , A. Finoguenov , F. Miniati , H. Boehringer , U. G. Briel

(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

Faraday rotation measures (RMs) of extragalactic radio sources provide information on line-of-sight magnetic fields, including contributions from our Galaxy, source environments, and the intergalactic medium (IGM). Looking at differences in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-26 T. Vernstrom , B. Gaensler , L. Rudnick , H. Andernach

Direct Numerical Simulations of turbulent channel flows at friction Reynolds number 550, 1000, 1500, are used to analyse the turbulent production, transfer and dissipation mechanisms in the compound space of scales and wall-distances by…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-03-31 A. Cimarelli , E. De Angelis , P. Schlatter , G. Brethouwer , A. Talamelli , C. M. Casciola

The Southern Galactic Plane Survey (SGPS) is a 1.4 GHz radio polarization and HI survey in a large part of the inner Galactic plane at a resolution of about an arcmin. Depolarization and Faraday rotation of polarized radiation from diffuse…

Rotation measures of pulsars and extragalactic point sources have been known to reveal large-scale antisymmetries in the Faraday rotation sky with respect to the Galactic plane and halo that have been interpreted as signatures of the mean…

We present first results for Faraday rotation of compact polarized sources (1 to 2 GHz continuum) in The HI/OH/Recombination line (THOR) survey of the inner Galaxy. In the Galactic longitude range 39 degr < l < 52 degr, we find rotation…

The large-scale magnetic field of our Galaxy can be probed in three dimensions using Faraday rotation of pulsar signals. We report on the determination of 223 rotation measures from polarization observations of relatively distant southern…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 J. L. Han , R. N. Manchester , A. G. Lyne , G. J. Qiao , W. van Straten

Faraday rotation of radio source polarization provides a measure of the integrated magnetic field along the observational lines of sight. We compare a new, large sample of Faraday rotation measures (RMs) of polarized extragalactic sources…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yongzhong Xu , Philipp P. Kronberg , Salman Habib , Quentin W. Dufton

In the solar wind, power spectral density (PSD) of the magnetic field fluctuations generally follow the so-called Kolmogorov spectrum f^-5/3 in the inertial range, where the dynamics is thought to be dominated by nonlinear interactions…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-02-15 S. Y. Huang , L. Z. Hadid , F. Sahraoui , Z. G. Yuan , X. H. Deng

Energy injection into the early universe can induce turbulent motions of the primordial plasma, which in turn act as a source for gravitational radiation. Earlier work computed the amplitude and characteristic frequency of the relic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-29 Grigol Gogoberidze , Tina Kahniashvili , Arthur Kosowsky

The outskirts of galaxy clusters are continuously disturbed by mergers and gas infall along filaments, which in turn induce turbulent flow motions and shock waves. We examine the properties of shocks that form within $r_{200}$ in sample…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-26 Sungwook E. Hong , Dongsu Ryu , Hyesung Kang , Renyue Cen

We develop the theory of interstellar scintillation as caused by an irregular plasma having a power-law spatial density spectrum with a spectral exponent of 4 corresponding to a medium with abrupt changes in its density. An ``outer scale''…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Hendrik Lambert , Barney Rickett

The anisotropic nature of solar wind magnetic turbulence fluctuations is investigated scale-by-scale using high cadence in-situ magnetic field measurements from the Cluster and ACE spacecraft missions. The data span five decades in scales…

The Galactic magnetic field is an integral constituent of the interstellar medium (ISM), and knowledge of its structure is crucial to understanding Galactic dynamics. The Rotation Measures (RM) of extragalactic (EG) sources have been the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-28 Anna Ordog , Rebecca A. Booth , Cameron L. Van Eck , Jo-Anne C. Brown , Thomas L. Landecker

We investigate the statistical properties of the polarized emission of extragalactic radio sources and estimate their contribution to the power spectrum of polarization fluctuations in the microwave region. The basic ingredients of our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Mesa , C. Baccigalupi , G. De Zotti , L. Gregorini , K. -H. Mack , M. Vigotti , U. Klein

We propose a phenomenological theory of strong incompressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in the presence of a strong large-scale external magnetic field. We argue that in the inertial range of scales, magnetic-field and velocity-field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stanislav Boldyrev

We calculate the angular power spectrum of the galactic synchrotron radiation induced by the small scale fluctuations of the magnetic field and the cosmic ray electron density. Using the observed interstellar magnetic field spectrum, which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Xuelei Chen

How the turbulent energy cascade develops below the magnetohydrodynamic scales in space and astrophysical plasmas is a major open question. Here, we measure the power spectrum of magnetic fluctuations in Parker Solar Probe's observations…