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Magnetic fields are expected to play a key role in the dynamics and the ejection mechanisms that accompany the merger of two neutron stars. General relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations offer a unique opportunity to unravel the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-07-27 C. Palenzuela , R. Aguilera-Miret , F. Carrasco , R. Ciolfi , J. V. Kalinani , W. Kastaun , B. Miñano , D. Viganò

Mergers play an important role in galaxy evolution. In particular, major mergers are able to have a transformative effect on galaxy morphology. In this paper, we investigate the role of magnetic fields in gas-rich major mergers. To this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-22 Joseph Whittingham , Martin Sparre , Christoph Pfrommer , Rüdiger Pakmor

We report on the merger-induced generation of a shock-heated gas wind and formation of a remnant gas halo in simulations of colliding disk galaxies. The simulations use cosmologically motivated initial conditions and include the effects of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. J. Cox , Joel Primack , Patrik Jonsson , Rachel Somerville

We investigated the evolution of interacting disk galaxies using high-resolution $N$-body/SPH simulations, taking into account the multiphase nature of the interstellar medium (ISM). In our high-resolution simulations, a large-scale…

We have undertaken a large set of simulations of galaxy interactions and mergers (GalMer Project) in order to study the physical processes related to galaxy encounters. All morphological types along the Hubble sequence are considered in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-18 P. Di Matteo , F. Combes , I. Chilingarian , A. -L. Melchior , B. Semelin

The role of magnetic fields in galaxy evolution is still an unsolved question in astrophysics. We have previously shown that magnetic fields play a crucial role in major mergers between disc galaxies; in hydrodynamic simulations of such…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-28 Joseph Whittingham , Martin Sparre , Christoph Pfrommer , Rüdiger Pakmor

Many spiral galaxies host magnetic fields with energy densities comparable to those of the turbulent and thermal motions of their interstellar gas. However, quantitative comparison between magnetic field properties inferred from observation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-05 Rion Glenn Nazareth , Gayathri Santhosh , Luke Chamandy

The intergalactic magnetic field within filaments should be less polluted by magnetised outflows from active galaxies than magnetic fields in clusters. Therefore, filaments may be a better laboratory to study magnetic field amplification by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Bruggen , M. Ruszkowski , A. Simionescu , M. Hoeft , C. Dalla Vecchia

We simulate an isolated, magnetised Milky Way-like disc galaxy using a self-consistent model of unresolved star formation and feedback, evolving the system until it reaches statistical steady state. We show that the quasi-steady-state…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-28 Benjamin D. Wibking , Mark R. Krumholz

We carried out global three-dimensional resistive magnetohydrodynamic simulations of galactic gaseous disks to investigate how the galactic magnetic fields are amplified and maintained. We adopt a steady axisymmetric gravitational potential…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Hiromitsu Nishikori , Mami Machida , Ryoji Matsumoto

We investigate binary mergers of galaxy clusters, the formation of shocks, and the resulting radio relics using three-dimensional simulations. The initial setup consists of two idealized spherical subclusters with a mass ratio below three,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-27 Hyesung Kang , Dongsu Ryu , Jeongbhin Seo

Magnetic fields are amplified as a consequence of galaxy formation and turbulence-driven dynamos. Galaxy mergers can potentially amplify the magnetic fields from their progenitors, making the magnetic fields dynamically important. However,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-05 Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez

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

The thermal and chemical properties of the hot diffuse intragroup medium (IGrM) provide important constraints on the feedback processes associated with massive galaxy formation and evolution. Here we explore these constraints via a detailed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-20 Lichen Liang , Fabrice Durier , Arif Babul , Romeel Davé , Benjamin D. Oppenheimer , Neal Katz , Mark Fardal , Tom Quinn

Massive stars disproportionately influence their surroundings. How they form has only started to become clear recently through radiation gas dynamical simulations. However, until now, no simulation has simultaneously included both magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Thomas Peters , Robi Banerjee , Ralf S. Klessen , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low

Primordial magnetic fields could explain the large-scale magnetic fields present in the Universe. Inflation and phase transitions in the early Universe could give rise to such fields with unique characteristics. We investigate the…

We show that the relatively strong magnetic fields ($\ge 1 \mu$G) in high redshift objects can be explained by the combined action of an evolving protogalactic fluctuation and electrodynamic processes providing the magnetic seed fields.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Harald Lesch , Masashi Chiba

We investigate the dynamics of magnetic fields in spiral galaxies by performing 3D MHD simulations of galactic discs subject to a spiral potential. Recent hydrodynamic simulations have demonstrated the formation of inter-arm spurs as well…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. L. Dobbs , D. J. Price

We simulate the formation and chemodynamical evolution of 124 elliptical galaxies by using a GRAPE-SPH code that includes various physical processes associated with the formation of stellar systems: radiative cooling, star formation,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-30 Chiaki Kobayashi

We investigate the evolution of dwarf galaxies using N -body/SPH simulations that incorporate their formation histories through merger trees constructed using the ex- tended Press-Schechter formalism. The simulations are computationally…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Annelies Cloet-Osselaer , Sven De Rijcke , Bert Vandenbroucke , Joeri Schroyen , Mina Koleva , Robbert Verbeke
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