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Galaxy interaction and merging have clear effects on the systems involved. We find an increase in the star formation rate (SFR), potential ignition of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and significant morphology changes. However, at what stage…

This paper is the first in a series aimed at understanding the long-term evolution of neutron star magnetic fields. We model the stellar matter as an electrically neutral and lightly ionized plasma composed of three moving particle species:…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Hoyos , A. Reisenegger , J. A. Valdivia

We study numerically large-scale magnetic field evolution and its enhancement in gaseous disks of spiral galaxies. We consider a set of models with the various spiral pattern parameters and the initial magnetic field strength with taking…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-31 S. A. Khoperskov , S. S. Khrapov

The dynamics of a binary neutron stars merger is governed by physics under the most extreme conditions, including strong spacetime curvature, ultra-high matter densities, luminous neutrino emission and the rapid amplification of the initial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-17 Ricard Aguilera-Miret , Jan-Erik Christian , Stephan Rosswog , Carlos Palenzuela

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

We have estimated the magnetic field strengths of a sample of seven galaxies using their non-thermal synchrotron radio emission at metre wavelengths, and assuming energy equipartition between magnetic fields and cosmic ray particles.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-22 Souvik Manna , Subhashis Roy

Magnetic fields have been detected in most if not all types of stars across the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Where present, these fields have the potential to significantly impact the evolution of their host stars. Furthermore, they…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-21 A. J. Martin

We show that the decaying magnetohydrodynamic turbulence leads to a more rapid growth of the correlation length of a primordial magnetic field than that caused by the expansion of the Universe. As an example, we consider the magnetic fields…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-08-25 D. T. Son

Rotation and magnetism are increasingly recognized as important phenomena in stellar evolution. Surface magnetic fields from a few to $20{,}000\,$G have been observed and models have suggested that magnetohydrodynamic transport of angular…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-04 Leo G. Quentin , Christopher A. Tout

Results from simulations of hierarchical structure formation cosmology provide a tool to develop an evolutionary model of regular magnetic fields coupled to galaxy formation and evolution. We use the dynamo theory to derive the timescales…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 Tigran G. Arshakian , Rainer Beck , Marita Krause , Dmitry Sokolff , Rodion Stepanov

Spiral galaxies host dynamically important magnetic fields which can affect gas flows in the disks and halos. Total magnetic fields in spiral galaxies are strongest (up to 30 \muG) in the spiral arms where they are mostly turbulent or…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Rainer Beck

We use three dimensional radiation magneto-hydrodynamic simulations to study the effects of magnetic fields on the energy transport and structure of radiation pressure dominated main sequence massive star envelopes at the region of the iron…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-19 Yan-Fei Jiang , Matteo Cantiello , Lars Bildsten , Eliot Quataert , Omer Blaes

Large-scale dipolar surface magnetic fields have been detected in a fraction of OB stars, however only few stellar evolution models of massive stars have considered the impact of these fossil fields. We are performing 1D hydrodynamical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-15 Z. Keszthelyi , G. A. Wade , V. Petit

We present an extensive study of magnetic fields in a system of merging galaxies. We obtained for NGC4038/39 (the Antennae) radio total intensity and polarization maps at 8.44, 4.86 and 1.49GHz using the VLA in the C and D configurations.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Krzysztof T. Chyzy , Rainer Beck

Surface magnetic fields have a strong impact on stellar mass loss and rotation and, as a consequence, on the evolution of massive stars. In this work we study the influence of an evolving dipolar surface fossil magnetic field with an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 Z. Keszthelyi , G. Meynet , C. Georgy , G. A. Wade , V. Petit , A. David-Uraz

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

It is expected on both evolutionary and empirical grounds that many merging neutron star (NS) binaries are composed of a highly magnetized NS in orbit with a relatively low magnetic field NS. I study the magnetic interactions of these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Anthony L. Piro

Interstellar magnetic fields in elliptical galaxies are assumed to have their origin in stellar fields that accompany normal mass loss from an evolving population of old stars. The seed fields are amplified by interstellar turbulence driven…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 William G. Mathews , Fabrizio Brighenti

Extremely strong magnetic fields change the vacuum index of refraction. Although this polarization dependent effect is small for typical neutron stars, it is large enough to decouple the polarization states of photons traveling within the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jeremy S. Heyl , Nir J. Shaviv

Interplanetary evolution of eleven magnetic clouds (MCs) recorded by at least two radially aligned spacecraft is studied. The in situ magnetic field measurements are fitted to a cylindrically symmetric Gold-Hoyle force-free uniform-twist…