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Magnetic fields are observed on nearly all scales in the universe, from stars and galaxies upto galaxy clusters and even beyond. The origin of cosmic magnetic fields is still an open question, however a large class of models puts its origin…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-19 Kerstin E. Kunze

Magnetic fields on a range of scales play a large role in the ecosystems of galaxies, both in the galactic disk and in the extended layers of gas away from the plane. Observing magnetic field strength, structure and orientation is complex,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Marijke Haverkorn , Volker Heesen

The amplitude of the magnetic field surrounding the Galactic Centre (GC) on large scales (> 100 pc) has been uncertain by two orders of magnitude for several decades: different analyses report fields as weak as ~6 microG on the one hand and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-01-27 Roland M. Crocker

The magnetic structure in the Galactic disk, the Galactic center and the Galactic halo can be delineated more clearly than ever before. In the Galactic disk, the magnetic structure has been revealed by starlight polarization within 2 or 3…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-13 J. L. Han

We quantify the effects of magnetic fields, cosmic rays and gas pressure on the rotational velocity of HI gas in the Milky Way, at galactic distances between Rsun and 2Rsun. The magnetic field is modelled by two components; a mainly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 F. J. Sanchez-Salcedo , A. Santillan

Most of the baryonic matter in the Universe is permeated by magnetic fields which affect many, if not most, of astrophysical phenomena both, in compact sources and in diffuse gas. Recent years have been marked by a worldwide surge of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-23 Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

I review the large scale global magnetic field structure of our Galaxy, using all information available for disk fields, halo fields and magnetic fields near the Galactic center (GC). In the local disk of our Galaxy, RM and dispersion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Jinlin Han

We search for magnetic fields outside galaxies and galaxy clusters by investigating redshift evolution of Faraday rotation measures (RM) of extragalactic radio sources. Our analysis reveals a strong evidence for the redshift dependence of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-08 A. Neronov , D. Semikoz , M. Banafsheh

In the past few decades, some studies pointed out that magnetic field might affect the rotation curves in galaxies. However, the impact is relatively small compared with the effects of dark matter and the baryonic components. In this…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-24 Man Ho Chan , Antonino Del Popolo

We take advantage of the wealth of rotation measures data contained in the NRAO VLA Sky Survey catalogue to derive new, statistically robust, upper limits on the strength of extragalactic magnetic fields. We simulate the extragalactic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-18 Maxim S. Pshirkov , Peter G. Tinyakov , Federico R. Urban

We consider the hypothesis that galactic magnetic fields are primordial. We also discuss the various objections to this hypothesis. We assume that there was a magnetic field present in the galactic plasma before the galaxy formed. After the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Armando M. Howard , Russell M. Kulsrud

Magnetic field is ubiquitous in the Universe and it plays essential roles in various astrophysical phenomena, yet its real origin and evolution are poorly known. This article reviews current understanding of magnetic fields in the…

We investigate the build-up of the galactic dynamo and subsequently the origin of a magnetic driven outflow. We use a setup of an isolated disc galaxy with a realistic circum-galactic medium (CGM). We find good agreement of the galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-01 Ulrich P. Steinwandel , Klaus Dolag , Harald Lesch , Benjamin P. Moster , Andreas Burkert , Almudena Prieto

Most of the visible matter in the Universe is ionized, so that cosmic magnetic fields are quite easy to generate and due to the lack of magnetic monopoles hard to destroy. Magnetic fields have been measured in or around practically all…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-06 Rainer Beck , Richard Wielebinski

The Galactic magnetic field plays an important role in the evolution of the Galaxy, but its small-scale behaviour is still poorly known. It is also unknown whether it permeates the halo of the Galaxy or not. By using observations of pulsars…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-09 Federico Abbate , Andrea Possenti , Caterina Tiburzi , Ewan Barr , Willem van Straten , Alessandro Ridolfi , Paulo Freire

Magnetic fields are observed everywhere in the universe. In this review, we concentrate on the observational aspects of the magnetic fields of Galactic and extragalactic objects. Readers can follow the milestones in the observations of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 J. L. Han , R. Wielebinski

We present a study of the Milky Way disk and halo magnetic field, determined from observations of Faraday rotation measure (RM) towards 641 polarized extragalactic radio sources in the Galactic longitude range 100-117 degs, within 30 degs…

A decade ago, there was very limited knowledge of magnetic fields of our Galaxy. The local fields in the Solar vicinity were known to be directed towards a Galactic longitude $l\sim~90^{\circ}$ with reversed directions at smaller…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. L. Han

Pulsars provide unique probes for the {\it large-scale} interstellar magnetic field in the Galactic disk. The Parkes multibeam pulsar survey has discovered many distant pulsars which enables us for the first time to explore the magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. L. Han , R. N. Manchester , G. J. Qiao , A. G. Lyne

We have determined 194 Faraday rotation measures (RMs) of polarized extragalactic radio sources using new, multi-channel polarization observations at frequencies around 1.4 GHz from the Very Large Array (VLA) in the Galactic plane at…