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Using the linearly polarized intensity and polarization angle data at 3.6, 6.2 and 20 cm, we determine variations of Faraday rotation and depolarization across the nearby galaxy M33. A 3-D model of the regular magnetic field is fitted to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. S. Tabatabaei , M. Krause , A. Fletcher , R. Beck

We present the measurements of Faraday rotation for 477 pulsars observed by the Parkes 64-m radio telescope and the Green Bank 100-m radio telescope. Using these results along with previous measurements for pulsars and extra-galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-31 J. L. Han , R. N. Manchester , W. van Straten , P. Demorest

In inhomogeneous optically thick synchrotron sources a substantial part of the electron population at low energies can be hidden by self-absorption and overpowered by high energy electrons in optically thin emission. These invisible…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Thomas Beckert , Heino Falcke

The knowledge of the structure of the magnetic field inside a blazar jet, as deduced from polarization observations at radio to optical wavelengths, is closely related to the formation and propagation of relativistic jets that result from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-24 Manasvita Joshi , Alan P. Marscher , Markus Boettcher

We present results of interferometric polarization observations of the recently discovered magnetar J1745-2900 in the vicinity of the Galactic center. The observations were made with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) on 21 February…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-13 E. V. Kravchenko , W. D. Cotton , F. Yusef-Zadeh , Y. Y. Kovalev

Investigating the magnetic field structure in the innermost regions of relativistic jets is fundamental to shed light on the crucial physical processes giving rise to the jet formation, as well as to its extraordinary radiation output up to…

We report first-epoch circular polarization results for 133 active galactic nuclei in the MOJAVE program to monitor the structure and polarization of a flux limited sample of extra-galactic radio jets with the VLBA at 15 GHz. We found…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. C. Homan , M. L. Lister

We investigate how the imprint of Faraday rotation on radio spectra can be used to determine the geometry of radio sources and the strength and structure of the surrounding magnetic fields. We model spectra of Stokes Q and U for frequencies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 D. H. F. M. Schnitzeler , J. K. Banfield , K. J. Lee

We present high sensitivity and absolutely calibrated images of diffuse radio polarisation at a resolution of about 10 arcmin covering the range 10 degr <l<34 degr and |b|<5 degr at 2.3 GHz from the S-band Parkes All Sky Survey and at 4.8…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 X. H. Sun , B. M. Gaensler , E. Carretti , C. R. Purcell , L. Stavelley-Smith , G. Bernardi , M. Haverkorn

In this paper we present multifrequency VLA observations of the giant radio galaxy 3C 449, obtained with high sensitivity and resolution in total intensity and polarized flux. These images show the source morphology in great detail, in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 L. Feretti , R. Perley , G. Giovannini , H. Andernach

Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are short-timescale transients of extragalactic origin. The number of detected FRBs has grown dramatically since their serendipitous discovery from archival data. Some FRBs have also been seen to repeat. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-21 Pavan Uttarkar , Ryan M. Shannon , Marcus E. Lower , Pravir Kumar , Danny C. Price , A. T. Deller , K. Gourdji

We report the systematic analysis of knots, hotspots, and lobes in 57 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) to investigate the variation of the magnetic field along with the jet from the sub-pc base to the terminus in kpc-to-Mpc scales. Expanding…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-11 Soichiro Ito , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Jun Kataoka

The forthcoming new-generation radio telescope SKA (Square Kilometre Array) and its precursors will provide a rapidly growing number of polarized radio sources. Our analysis aims on what can be learned from these sources concerning the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rodion Stepanov , Tigran G. Arshakian , Rainer Beck , Peter Frick , Marita Krause

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

The appearance of the jets and lobes of some radio galaxies makes it difficult to assign them to a known class of objects. This is often due to the activity of the central engine and/or interactions with the environment, as well as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-05 M. Weżgowiec , M. Jamrozy , K. T. Chyży , M. J. Hardcastle , A. Kuźmicz , G. Heald , T. W. Shimwell

We report on multi-frequency linear polarization monitoring of 15 active galactic nuclei containing highly relativistic jets with apparent speeds from $\sim$4 $c$ to $>40c$. The measurements were obtained at optical, 1 mm, and 3 mm…

Deep polarization surveys at low radio frequencies are key to cosmic magnetism studies: Larger catalogs of polarized extragalactic sources and increased precision on Faraday rotation measures (RMs) make it possible to probe the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-08 S. Piras , C. Horellou , J. Conway , M. Thomasson , T. W. Shimwell , S. P. O'Sullivan , E. Carretti , V. Vacca , A. Bonafede , I. Prandoni

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…

Our modelling of FR I radio jets as decelerating, relativistic flows allows us to derive their orientations accurately. We present images of Faraday rotation for two of these these objects (3C 31 and NGC 315) and show that the fluctuations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. A. Laing , J. R. Canvin , W. D. Cotton , A. H. Bridle , P. Parma

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
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