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Magnetic fields are an important component of the interstellar medium (ISM) and exhibit strongly varying field strengths and a non-trivial correlation with the gas density. Its dynamical impact varies between individual regions of the ISM…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-20 Philipp Girichidis

We propose a primordial-origin model for the composite configurations of global magnetic fields in spiral galaxies. We show that uniform tilted magnetic field wound up into a rotating disk galaxy can evolve into composite magnetic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Yoshiaki Sofue , Mami Machida , Takahiro Kudoh

We show that that an interstellar magnetic field can produce a north/south asymmetry in solar wind termination shock. Using Voyager 1 and 2 measurements, we suggest that the angle $\alpha$ between the interstellar wind velocity and magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Merav Opher , Edward C. Stone , Paulett C. Liewer

We present a polarimetric map of a 20'x20' area toward the Galactic center. The polarization of point sources has been measured in the J, H, and Ks bands using the near-infrared polarimetric camera SIRPOL on the 1.4 m telescope IRSF. One…

We have identified and classified Zeeman pairs in the survey by Argon, Reid, & Menten of massive star-forming regions with 18 cm (2 Pi 3/2, J = 3/2) OH maser emission. We have found a total of more than 100 Zeeman pairs in more than 50…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Vincent L. Fish , Mark J. Reid , Alice L. Argon , Karl M. Menten

The role played by magnetic field during star formation is an important topic in astrophysics. We investigate the correlation between the orientation of star-forming cores (as defined by the core major axes) and ambient magnetic field…

The magnetic field in the local interstellar medium does not follow the large-scale Galactic magnetic field. The local magnetic field has probably been distorted by the Local Bubble, a cavity of hot ionized gas extending all around the Sun…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-11 M. I. R. Alves , F. Boulanger , K. Ferriere , L. Montier

A preference for spiral galaxies in one sector of the sky to be left-handed or right-handed spirals would indicate a parity violating asymmetry in the overall universe and a preferred axis. This study uses 15158 spiral galaxies with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-15 Michael J. Longo

Metallicity gradients in the Sagittarius dwarf Galaxy (Sgr) are investigated by using infrared photometric data from the 2MASS survey. To search for metallicity effects, the giant branch in a field situated near the Center of the Sgr is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Alard

The origin of asymmetric radio polarized emission and properties of magnetic fields in the Virgo Cluster spiral NGC4254 are investigated with help of "magnetic maps" presenting distributions of different magnetic field components over the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Krzysztof T. Chyzy

The possibility that the magnetic field is strongly correlated with the large-scale structure of the universe has been recently proposed in the literature. In this scenario the intergalactic magnetic field has a strong (m Gauss) regular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gustavo Medina Tanco

The simulations of the formation of cosmological structure allows to determine the spatial inhomogeneity of cosmic magnetic fields. Such simulations, however, do not give an absolute number for the strength of the magnetic field due to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter L. Biermann , Hyesung Kang , Joerg P. Rachen , Dongsu Ryu

Using even-order frequency splitting coefficients of global p-modes it is possible to infer the magnetic field in the solar interior as a function of radial distance and latitude. Results obtained using GONG and MDI data are discussed.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. M. Antia

Magnetic fields in the ionized medium of the disk and halo of the Milky Way impose Faraday rotation on linearly polarized radio emission. We compare two surveys mapping the Galactic Faraday rotation, one showing the rotation measures of…

We obtain distances to a sample of RR Lyrae in the central core of the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy from OGLE data. We use these distances, along with RR Lyrae from \emph{Gaia} DR2, to measure the shape of the stellar distribution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-03 Peter S. Ferguson , Louis E. Strigari

Magnetic fields in nearby, star-forming galaxies reveal both large-scale patterns and small-scale structures. A large-scale field reversal may exist in the Milky Way but no such reversals have been observed so far in external galaxies. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 David Moss , Rodion Stepanov , Tigran Arshakian , Rainer Beck , Marita Krause , Dmitri Sokoloff

Magnetic fields play an important role in shaping the structure and evolution of the interstellar medium (ISM) of galaxies, but the details of this relationship remain unclear. With SKA1, the 3D structure of galactic magnetic fields and its…

Spiral arms shown by different components may not be spatially coincident, which can constrain formation mechanisms of spiral structure in a galaxy. We reassess the spiral arm tangency directions in the Milky Way through identifying the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-30 L. G. Hou , J. L. Han

To study the strength and structure of the magnetic field in the Galactic centre (GC) we measured Faraday rotation of the radio emission of pulsars which are seen towards the GC. Three of these pulsars have the largest rotation measures…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-04-20 D. H. F. M. Schnitzeler , R. P. Eatough , K. Ferrière , M. Kramer , K. J. Lee , A. Noutsos , R. M. Shannon

We have measured the Faraday rotation toward a large sample of polarized radio sources behind the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), to determine the structure of this galaxy's magnetic field. The magnetic field of the LMC consists of a coherent…