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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

We study the cosmic evolution of the magnetic fields of a large sample of spiral galaxies in a cosmologically representative volume by employing a semi-analytic galaxy formation model and numerical dynamo solver in tandem. We start by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-01-03 Luiz Felippe S. Rodrigues , Luke Chamandy , Anvar Shukurov , Carlton M. Baugh , A. Russ Taylor

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

At metallicities lower than that of the Small Magellanic Cloud, it remains essentially unexplored how fossil magnetic fields, forming large-scale magnetospheres, could affect the evolution of massive stars, thereby impacting the fundamental…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-31 Z. Keszthelyi , J. Puls , G. Chiaki , H. Nagakura , A. ud-Doula , T. Takiwaki , N. Tominaga

Radio continuum observations allow to reveal the magnetic field structure in the disk and halo of nearby spiral galaxies, their magnetic field strength and vertical scale heights. The spiral galaxies studied so far show a similar magnetic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-01-08 Marita Krause

We wish to clarify whether strong magnetic fields can be effectively generated in typically low-mass dwarf galaxies and to assess the role of dwarf galaxies in the magnetization of the Universe. We performed a search for radio emission and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Krzysztof T. Chyzy , Marek Wezgowiec , Rainer Beck , Dominik J. Bomans

We use adaptive-mesh magnetohydrodynamic simulations to study the effect of magnetic fields on ram pressure stripping of galaxies in the intracluster medium (ICM). Although the magnetic pressure in typical clusters is not strong enough to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-31 Rukmani Vijayaraghavan , Paul M. Ricker

As one of the prime contributors to the interstellar medium energy budget, magnetic fields naturally play a part in shaping the evolution of galaxies. Galactic magnetic fields can originate from strong primordial magnetic fields provided…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-03 Sergio Martin-Alvarez , Adrianne Slyz , Julien Devriendt , Carlos Gómez-Guijarro

We develop an analytical model to follow the cosmological evolution of magnetic fields in disk galaxies. Our assumption is that fields are amplified from a small seed field via magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) turbulence. We further assume that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Stanislav Shabala , James M. G. Mead , Paul Alexander

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

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

Magnetic fields play a very important role in the evolution of galaxies through their direct impact on star formation and stellar feedback-induced turbulence. However, their co-evolution with these processes has still not been thoroughly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-14 Evangelia Ntormousi

Magnetic fields are an elemental part of the interstellar medium in galaxies. However, their impact on gas dynamics and star formation in galaxies remains controversial. We use a suite of global magnetohydrodynamical simulations of isolated…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-25 Bastian Körtgen , Robi Banerjee , Ralph E. Pudritz , Wolfram Schmidt

Interstellar magnetic fields are strong: up to 25 muG in spiral arms and 40 muG in nuclear regions. In the spiral galaxy NGC 6946 the average magnetic energy density exceeds that of the thermal gas. Magnetic fields control the evolution of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 Rainer Beck

We investigate the magnetic field evolution in a series of galaxy minor mergers using the N-body/smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) code \textsc{Gadget}. The simulations include the effects of radiative cooling, star formation and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 Annette Geng , Hanna Kotarba , Florian Bürzle , Klaus Dolag , Federico Stasyszyn , Alexander Beck , Peter Nielaba

The hot intracluster plasma in clusters of galaxies is weakly magnetized. Mergers between clusters produce gas compression and motions which can increase the magnetic field strength. In this work, we perform high-resolution non-radiative…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-30 Bryan Brzycki , John ZuHone

The evolution of magnetic fields in galaxies is still an open problem in astrophysics. In nearby galaxies the far-infrared-radio correlation indicates the coupling between magnetic fields and star formation. The correlation arises from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Jennifer Schober , Dominik R. G. Schleicher , Ralf S. Klessen

We consider the evolution of primordial magnetic fields generated during cosmological, electroweak or QCD, phase transitions. We assume that the magnetic field generation can be described as an injection of magnetic energy to cosmological…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-04-24 Tina Kahniashvili , Alexander G. Tevzadze , Axel Brandenburg , Andrii Neronov

By performing new, long and numerically accurate general-relativistic simulations of magnetized, equal-mass neutron-star binaries, we investigate the role that realistic magnetic fields may have in the evolution of these systems. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-02-18 Bruno Giacomazzo , Luciano Rezzolla , Luca Baiotti

Neutron stars host the strongest magnetic fields that we know of in the Universe. Their magnetic fields are the main means of generating their radiation, either magnetospheric or through the crust. Moreover, the evolution of the magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-24 Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos , Davide De Grandis , Andrei Igoshev