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A possible explanation for the origin of the magnetic fields observed today in matter structures is that they were generated in the primordial universe. After briefly revising the model of a primordial stochastic magnetic field and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 Chiara Caprini

We present a study of the vertical magnetic field of the Milky Way towards the Galactic poles, determined from observations of Faraday rotation toward more than 1000 polarized extragalactic radio sources at Galactic latitudes |b| > 77 degs,…

We investigate two recent parameterizations of the galactic magnetic field with respect to their impact on cosmic nuclei traversing the field. We present a comprehensive study of the size of angular deflections, dispersion in the arrival…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-07 Martin Erdmann , Gero Müller , Martin Urban , Marcus Wirtz

Several independent lines of evidence reveal that a relatively strong and highly ordered magnetic field is present throughout the Galaxy's central molecular zone (CMZ). The field within dense clouds of the central molecular zone is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-14 Mark R. Morris

The universe is magnetized on all scales probed so far. On the largest scales, galaxies and galaxy clusters host magnetic fields at the micro Gauss level coherent on scales up to ten kpc. Recent observational evidence suggests that even the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-26 Kandaswamy Subramanian

Magnetic fields in the upper atmospheres of solar-like stars are believed to provide an enormous amount of energy to power the hot coronae and drive large-scale eruptions that could impact the habitability of planetary systems around these…

Magnetic fields are one of most concealed components of the universe. They are observed as part of the intergalactic medium and on galaxy cluster scales, however their origin and evolution is unclear. In this work we use the IllustrisTNG…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-04 Agustín M. Rodríguez-Medrano , Federico A. Stasyszyn , Dante J. Paz , Volker Springel

Astrophysical processes can contribute to magnetic fields within cosmic voids either through magnetized outflows from the astrophysical large-scale structure or through superposition of dipolar contributions from individual galaxies. Such…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-06 Károly Seller , Günter Sigl

Magnetic fields can play an important role in the energy balance and formation of gas structures in galaxies. However, their dynamical effect on the rotation curve of galaxies is immensely unexplored. We investigate the dynamical effect of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-15 M. Khademi , S. Nasiri , F. S. Tabatabaei

Galaxies are observed to host magnetic fields with a typical total strength of around 15microgauss. A coherent large-scale field constitutes up to a few microgauss of the total, while the rest is built from strong magnetic fluctuations over…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-09 Maarit J. Korpi-Lagg , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low , Frederick A. Gent

The origin of the $\mu$G magnetic fields observed in galaxies is unknown. One promising scenario is that magnetic fields generated during inflation, larger than 0.1 nG on Mpc scales, were adiabatically compressed to $\mu$G strengths in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-06 Sayan Mandal , Neelima Sehgal , Toshiya Namikawa

We search for observational signatures of magnetic helicity in data from all-sky radio polarization surveys of the Milky Way Galaxy. Such a detection would help confirm the dynamo origin of the field and may provide new observational…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 J. L. West , R. N. Henriksen , K. Ferrière , A. Woodfinden , T. Jaffe , B. M. Gaensler , J. A. Irwin

The magnetic fields observed in the Milky~Way and nearby galaxies appear to be in equipartition with the turbulent, thermal, and cosmic ray energy densities, and hence are expected to be dynamically important. However, the origin of these…

Interstellar magnetic fields exist over a broad range of spatial scales, extending from the large Galactic scales ($\sim 10$ kpc) down to the very small dissipative scales ($\ll 1$ pc). In this paper, we use a set of 490 pulsars distributed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. L. Han , K. Ferriere , R. N. Manchester

From our radio continuum and polarization observations of a sample of spiral galaxies with different morphological types, inclinations, and star formation rates (SFR) we found that galaxies with low SFR have higher thermal fractions/…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-13 Marita Krause

After a short introduction on how we get information of the magnetic fields from radio observations I discuss the results concerning the magnetic field structure in galaxies: Large-scale regular magnetic field pattern of spiral structure…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Krause

The generation of a magnetic field in the Early Universe is considered, due to the gravitational production of the Z-boson field during inflation. Scaled to the epoch of galaxy formation this magnetic field suffices to trigger the galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 Konstantinos Dimopoulos

Recent rotation measure observations of a dozen or so galaxy clusters have revealed a surprisingly large amount of magnetic fields, whose estimated energy and flux are, on average, $\sim 10^{58}$ ergs and $\sim 10^{41}$ G cm$^2$,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stirling A. Colgate , Hui Li

Magnetic fields in our Galaxy and nearby galaxies have been revealed by starlight polarization, polarized emission from dust grains and clouds at millimeter and submillimeter wavelength, the Zeeman effect of spectral lines or maser lines…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-08-06 JinLin Han

Our understanding of the Galactic magnetic field (GMF) has increased considerably in recent years, while at the same time remaining far from adequate. By way of illustration, the Jansson and Farrar (2012) (JF12) GMF model is described,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-08-08 Glennys R. Farrar