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Through polarization observations masers are unique probes of the magnetic field in a variety of different astronomical objects, with the different maser species tracing different physical conditions. In recent years maser polarization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 W. H. T. Vlemmings

The modification of the rotating vector model in the case of magnetars are calculated. Magnetars may have twisted magnetic field compared with normal pulsars. The polarization position angle of magnetars will change in the case of a twisted…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-27 H. Tong , P. F. Wang , H. G. Wang , Z. Yan

The development of spectroscopic techniques in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) spectral range has significantly advanced the understanding of ultrafast interactions in magnetic systems triggered by optical excitation. In this work, we…

Magnetars are a subclass of neutron stars with ultra-strong surface magnetic fields. Some magnetars exhibit persistent hard X-ray emission, characterized by power-law tails with photon indices around 1--1.5, extending from ${\sim}$10 keV to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-11 Kun Hu , Nicholas Rackers , Alexander Y. Chen

Double-resonance optically pumped magnetometers are an attractive instrument for unshielded magnetic field measurements due to their wide dynamic range and high sensitivity. Use of linearly polarised pump light creates alignment in the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Stuart J. Ingleby , Carolyn O'Dwyer , Paul F. Griffin , Aidan S. Arnold , Erling Riis

X-ray polarimetry promises to deliver unique information about the geometry of the inner accretion flow of astrophysical black holes and the nature of matter and electromagnetism in and around neutron stars. In this paper, we discuss the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 F. Kislat , B. Clark , M. Beilicke , H. Krawczynski

X-ray astronomy allows study of objects which may be associated with compact objects, i.e. neutron stars or black holes, and also may contain strong magnetic fields. Such objects are categorically non-spherical, and likely non-circular when…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-24 T. Kallman , A. Dorodnitsyn , J. Blondin

Within the magnetar scenario, the "twisted magnetosphere" model appears very promising in explaining the persistent X-ray emission from the Soft Gamma Repeaters and the Anomalous X-ray Pulsars (SGRs and AXPs). In the first two papers of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Zane , N. Rea , R. Turolla , L. Nobili

This paper considers the problem of modeling the light polarization that emerges from an astrophysical plasma composed of atoms whose excitation state is significantly influenced by the anisotropy of the incident radiation field. In…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-03 Javier Trujillo Bueno

Magnetars are the most luminous compact objects in the stellar mass range observed in the Milky Way, with giant flares of hard X-ray power ~10^45 erg/sec being detected from three soft gamma repeaters in the Galactic neighborhood.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-22 Matthew G. Baring , Zorawar Wadiasingh , Peter L. Gonthier , Alice K. Harding , Kun Hu

Polarisation measurements of solar flares at millimetre-waves were used to investigate the magnetic field configuration of the emitting sources. We analyse two solar flares (SOL2013-02-17 and SOL2013-11-05) observed by the POlarisation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-05 Douglas F. da Silva , Paulo J. A. Simões , R. F. Hidalgo Ramírez , Adriana Válio

Magnetars are a unique class of neutron stars characterized by their incredibly strong magnetic fields. Unlike normal pulsars whose X-ray emission was driven by rotational energy loss, magnetars exhibit distinct X-ray emissions thought to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-21 Che-Yen Chu , Hsiang-Kuang Chang

An extensive theoretical literature predicts that X-ray Polarimetry can directly determine relevant physical and geometrical parameters of astrophysical sources, and discriminate between models further than allowed by spectral and timing…

Polarimetry of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) represents one of the possible diagnostics aimed at testing large-scale magnetism at the epoch of the photon decoupling. The propagation of electromagnetic disturbances in a magnetized…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-29 Massimo Giovannini , Kerstin E. Kunze

Axion dark matter passing through the magnetospheres of magnetars can undergo hyper-efficient resonant mixing with low-energy photons, leading to the production of narrow spectral lines that could be detectable on Earth. Since this is a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-05-28 Sandip Roy , Anirudh Prabhu , Christopher Thompson , Samuel J. Witte , Carlos Blanco , Jonathan Zhang

The phenomenology of the emission of pulsars and magnetars depends dramatically on the structure and properties of their magnetic field. In particular it is believed that the outbursting and flaring activity observed in AXPs and SRGs is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-22 N. Bucciantini , A. G. Pili , L. Del Zanna

Altermagnets, a unique class of magnetic materials that combines features of both ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, have garnered attention for their potential in spintronics and magnonics. While the electronic properties of altermagnets…

Synchrotron emission from the shocked regions in supernova remnants provides, through its polarization, crucial details about the magnetic field strength and orientation in these regions. This, in turn, provides information on particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-07 Patrick Slane , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Ping Zhou , Jacco Vink

The number of pulsars with detected emission at X-ray and gamma-ray energies has been steadily growing, showing that beams of high-energy particles are commonly accelerated in pulsar magnetospheres, even though the location and number of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Isabelle A. Grenier , Alice K. Harding

Linear polarization analysis of hard x-rays is employed to probe electronic anisotropies in metal-containing complexes with very high selectivity. We use the pronounced linear dichroism of nuclear resonant x-ray scattering to determine…