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Measuring the properties of extragalactic magnetic fields through the effect of Faraday rotation provides a means to understand the origin and evolution of cosmic magnetism. Here we use data from the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) to…

Observed in a significant fraction of clusters and groups of galaxies, diffuse radio synchrotron emission reveals the presence of relativistic electrons and magnetic fields permeating large-scale systems of galaxies. Although these…

Determining magnetic field properties in different environments of the cosmic large-scale structure as well as their evolution over redshift is a fundamental step toward uncovering the origin of cosmic magnetic fields. Radio observations…

Magnetic fields present in the Large Scale Structure (LSS) of the Universe change polarization of radio waves arriving from distant extragalactic sources through the effect of Faraday rotation. This effect has been recently used to detect…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-20 A. Neronov , F. Vazza , S. Mtchedlidze , E. Carretti

The origin and growth of magnetic fields in galaxies is still something of an enigma. It is generally assumed that seed fields are amplified over time through the dynamo effect, but there are few constraints on the timescale. It has…

The presence of magnetic fields in galaxy clusters has been well established in recent years, and their importance for the understanding of the physical processes at work in the Intra Cluster Medium has been recognized. Halo and relic…

Radio synchrotron emission is a powerful tool to study the strength and structure of magnetic fields in galaxies. Unpolarized synchrotron emission traces isotropic turbulent fields which are strongest in spiral arms and bars (20-30 \mu G)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-11 Rainer Beck

Radio continuum and polarization observations of several nearby galaxies allowed to determine their vertical scaleheights, magnetic field strengths and large-scale magnetic field patterns. They all show a similar large-scale magnetic field…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-07-13 Marita Krause

We investigate the Faraday rotation measure (RM) due to the intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) through the cosmic web up to cosmological distances, using a model IGMF based on turbulence dynamo in the large-scale structure of the universe.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Takuya Akahori , Dongsu Ryu

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

We use the observed polarisation properties of a sample of 26 powerful radio galaxies and radio-loud quasars to constrain the conditions in the Faraday screens local to the sources. We adopt the cosmological redshift, low-frequency radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. A. Goodlet , C. R. Kaiser

Observations of Faraday rotation through high-redshift galaxies have revealed that they host coherent magnetic fields that are of comparable strengths to those observed in nearby galaxies. These fields could be generated by fluctuation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-13 Sharanya Sur , Pallavi Bhat , Kandaswamy Subramanian

Studying the interaction between AGN jets and lobes and their surrounding environment is important in order to understand how they transfer energy to their environment as well as determining the intrinsic physical properties of the sources…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-08 S. Knuettel , S. P. O'Sullivan , S. Curiel , B. H. C. Emonts

The configuration of the regular magnetic field in M31 is deduced from radio polarization observations at the wavelengths 6, 11 and 20 cm. By fitting the observed azimuthal distribution of polarization angles, we find that the regular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Fletcher , E. M. Berkhuijsen , R. Beck , A. Shukurov

We compiled a catalog of Faraday rotation measures (RMs) for 4553 extragalactic radio point sources ublished in literature. These RMs were derived from multi-frequency polarization observations. The RM data are compared to those in the NRAO…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-07-30 J. Xu , J. L. Han

The central regions of galaxies harbor some of the most extreme physical phenomena, including dense stellar clusters, non-circular motions of molecular clouds and strong and pervasive magnetic field structures. In particular, radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Cornelia C. Lang , Maria R. Drout

Using a set of compilations of measurements for extragalactic radio sources we construct all-sky maps of the Faraday Rotation produced by the Galactic magnetic field. In order to generate the maps we treat the radio source positions as a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Patrick Dineen , Peter Coles

The goal of this work is to constrain the strength and structure of the magnetic field associated with the environment of the radio source 3C 449, using observations of Faraday rotation, which we model with a structure function technique…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 D. Guidetti , R. A. Laing , M. Murgia , F. Govoni , L. Gregorini , P. Parma

Observations of the Milky Way and external galaxies support the idea that large-scale magnetic fields are concentrated in galactic disks, with halo magnetic fields at least an order of magnitude weaker. However, very little is known about…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-04 Bailey Forster , Tyler J. Foster , Roland Kothes , Alex S. Hill , Jo-Anne Brown

Studying the nature and origin of the intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) is an outstanding problem of cosmology. Measuring Faraday rotation would be a promising method to explore the IGMF in the large-scale structure (LSS) of the universe.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Takuya Akahori , Dongsu Ryu