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Magnetic fields play a pivotal role in the physics of interstellar medium in galaxies, but there are few observational constraints on how they evolve across cosmic time. Spatially resolved synchrotron polarization maps at radio wavelengths…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-30 S. A. Mao , C. Carilli , B. M. Gaensler , O. Wucknitz , C. Keeton , A. Basu , R. Beck , P. P. Kronberg , E. Zweibel

We present the first results from SPHINX-MHD, a suite of cosmological radiation-magnetohydrodynamics simulations designed to study the impact of primordial magnetic fields (PMFs) on galaxy formation and the evolution of the intergalactic…

We study numerically large-scale magnetic field evolution and its enhancement in gaseous disks of spiral galaxies. We consider a set of models with the various spiral pattern parameters and the initial magnetic field strength with taking…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-31 S. A. Khoperskov , S. S. Khrapov

Despite their ubiquity, the origin of cosmic magnetic fields remains unknown. Various mechanisms have been proposed for their existence including primordial fields generated by inflation, or amplification and injection by compact…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 Harley Katz , Sergio Martin-Alvarez , Julien Devriendt , Adrianne Slyz , Taysun Kimm

Future radio observations with the SKA and its precursors will be sensitive to trace spiral galaxies and their magnetic field configurations up to redshift $z\approx3$. We suggest an evolutionary model for the magnetic configuration in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 T. G. Arshakian , R. Stepanov , R. Beck , M. Krause , D. Sokoloff

We present a series of cosmological magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations that simultaneously follow the formation of a galaxy cluster and evolution of magnetic fields ejected by an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN). Specifically, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Hao Xu , Hui Li , David C. Collins , Shengtai Li , Michael L. Norman

We have modelled the stellar and nebular continua and emission-line intensity ratios of massive stellar populations in the Antennae galaxy using high resolution and self-consistent libraries of model HII regions around central clusters of…

We use the results from a constrained, cosmological MHD simulation of the Local Universe to predict the radio halo and the gamma-ray flux from the Coma cluster and compare it to current observations. The simulated magnetic field within the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. Donnert , K. Dolag , G. Brunetti , R. Cassano , A. Bonafede

We carried out a parameter study of interacting disk galaxies with impact parameters ranging from central collisions to weakly interacting scenarios. The orientations of the disks were also varied. In particular, we investigated how…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-18 Simon Selg , Wolfram Schmidt

We present a method for generating virtual observations from smoothed-particle-hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations. This method includes stellar population synthesis models and the reprocessing of starlight by dust to produce realistic galaxy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Cattaneo , F. Combes , S. Colombi , E. Bertin , A. -L. Melchior

We modeled the radio non-detection of two Type Ia supernovae (SNe) 2011fe and 2014J considering synchrotron emission from the interaction between SN ejecta and the circumstellar medium. For an ejecta with the outer part having a power law…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-14 Esha Kundu , Peter Lundqvist , Miguel A. Pérez-Torres , Rubén Herrero-Illana , Antxon Alberdi

The prominent interacting galaxy pair NGC 4038/9 contains many active star-forming regions and is continuously forming new star clusters. We present a self-consistent n-body model for this system which includes an SPH gas component. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Englmaier , D. Rigopoulou , S. Mengel

We report the first observational evidence for magnetic field amplification in the north-east/south-west (NE/SW) shells of supernova remnant SN 1006, one of the most promising sites of cosmic ray (CR) acceleration. In previous studies, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-26 Moeri Tao , Jun Kataoka , Takaaki Tanaka

We present a ~ 1" (100 pc) resolution 12CO (3-2) map of the nearby intermediate stage interacting galaxy pair NGC 4038/9 (the Antennae galaxies) obtained with the Submillimeter Array. We find that half the CO (3-2) emission originates in…

(abridged) The interpretation of Faraday rotation measure maps of AGNs within galaxy clusters has revealed regions, $\sim 50-100$ kpc, that are populated with large, $\sim 30 \mu$ G magnetic fields. The magnetic energy of these coherent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. A. Colgate , H. Li , V. Pariev

We use a simple analytic model for the evolution of currents in superconducting strings to estimate the strength of the `seed' magnetic fields generated by these strings. This model is an extension of the evolution model of Martins and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 C. J. A. P. Martins , E. P. S. Shellard

The origin of astrophysical magnetic fields observed in galaxies and clusters of galaxies is still unclear. One possibility is that primordial magnetic fields generated in the early Universe provide seeds that grow through compression and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 C. Fedeli , L. Moscardini

The intracluster medium of galaxy clusters is permeated by {\mu}G magnetic fields. Observations with current and future facilities have the potential to illuminate the role of these magnetic fields play in the astrophysical processes of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-28 David J. Barnes , Alvina Y. L. On , Kinwah Wu , Daisuke Kawata

We describe the Stagger Code for simulations of magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) systems. This is a modular code with a variety of physics modules that will let the user run simulations of deep stellar atmospheres, sunspot formation, stellar…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-07 Robert F. Stein , Åke Nordlund , Remo Collet , Regner Trampedach

Non-thermal radio emission from cosmic ray electrons in the vicinity of merging galaxy clusters is an important tracer of cluster merger activity, and is the result of complex physical processes that involve magnetic fields, particle…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Samuel W. Skillman , Hao Xu , Eric J. Hallman , Brian W. O'Shea , Jack O. Burns , Hui Li , David C. Collins , Michael L. Norman