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We review an improved statistical model of extra-galactic point-source foregrounds first introduced in [Murray 2017], in the context of the Epoch of Reionization. This model extends the instrumentally-convolved foreground covariance used in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 Steven Murray , Cathryn Trott , Christopher Jordan

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

The accuracy of astrometric observations conducted via a space-borne optical interferometer orbiting the Earth is expected to approach a few microarcseconds. Data processing of such extremely high-precision measurements requires access to a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergei M. Kopeikin , N. V. Shuygina , M. V. Vasilyev , E. I. Yagudina , L. I. Yagudin

The extragalactic background (EGB) of diffuse gamma rays can be determined by subtracting the Galactic contribution from the data. This requires a Galactic model (GM) and we include for the first time the contribution of dark matter…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 W. de Boer , A. Nordt , C. Sander , V. Zhukov

Knowledge about the magnetic fields in supernova remnants (SNRs) is of paramount importance for constraining Galactic cosmic ray acceleration models. It could also indirectly provide information on the interstellar magnetic fields. In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-23 Shinsuke Ideguchi , Tsuyoshi Inoue , Takuya Akahori , Keitaro Takahashi

We report the observation of the magnetic field induced circular differential deflection of light at the interface of a Faraday medium. The difference in the angles of refraction or reflection between the two circular polarization…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ambarish Ghosh , Peer Fischer

We present a detailed Monte Carlo study coupled to a likelihood analysis of the potential of next generation ultra-high energy cosmic ray experiments to reconstruct properties of the sources and the extra-galactic magnetic field. Such…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Guenter Sigl , Martin Lemoine

The aim of this work is to probe the magnetic field properties in relics and infall regions of galaxy clusters using Faraday Rotation Measures. We present Very Large Array multi-frequency observations of seven sources in the region…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 A. Bonafede , F. Vazza , M. Brüggen , M. Murgia , F. Govoni , L. Feretti , G. Giovannini , G. Ogrean

The origin of the extragalactic gamma-ray background is a pressing cosmological mystery. The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has recently measured the intensity and spectrum of this background; both are substantially different from previous…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-16 Brian D. Fields , Vasiliki Pavlidou , Tijana Prodanovic

Faraday rotation measurements of polarized extragalactic sources probe the Galactic magnetized, ionized interstellar medium. Rotation measures of these sources behind the inner Galactic plane are used to explore characteristics of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Marijke Haverkorn

We summarize our understanding of millisecond radio bursts from an extragalactic population of sources. FRBs occur at an extraordinary rate, thousands per day over the entire sky with radiation energy densities at the source about ten…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-11 James M. Cordes , Shami Chatterjee

One of the main goals of modern observational cosmology is to map the large scale structure of the Universe. A potentially powerful approach for doing this would be to exploit three-dimensional spectral maps, i.e. the specific intensity of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-18 Roland de Putter , Gilbert P. Holder , Tzu-Ching Chang , Olivier Dore

We investigate whether the method of wavelet-based Faraday rotation measure (RM) Synthesis can help us to identify structures of regular and turbulent magnetic fields in extended magnetized objects, such as galaxies and galaxy clusters.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 R. Beck , P. Frick , R. Stepanov , D. Sokoloff

The study of the extragalactic background light (EBL) is undergoing a renaissance. New results from very high energy experiments and deep space missions have broken the deadlock between the contradictory measurements in the optical and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-25 Simon P. Driver

We discuss the magnetic field influence on diffuse gamma-ray emission from extragalactic electromagnetic cascades initiated by ultra-high energy cosmic rays. Regions in space vary considerably in field strength: it is possibly of 10^(-12) G…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-16 A. Uryson

The large majority of EGRET point sources remain to this day without an identified low-energy counterpart. Whatever the nature of the EGRET unidentified sources, faint unresolved objects of the same class must have a contribution to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 V. Pavlidou , J. M. Siegal-Gaskins , C. Brown , B. D. Fields , A. V. Olinto

Galactic all-sky maps at very disparate frequencies, like in the radio and $\gamma$-ray regime, show similar morphological structures. This mutual information reflects the imprint of the various physical components of the interstellar…

Magnetic fields in nearby, star-forming galaxies reveal both large-scale patterns and small-scale structures. A large-scale field reversal may exist in the Milky Way but no such reversals have been observed so far in external galaxies. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 David Moss , Rodion Stepanov , Tigran Arshakian , Rainer Beck , Marita Krause , Dmitri Sokoloff

We present a distance-resolved reconstruction of the local line-of-sight Galactic magnetic field, $B_{||}$, by combining a 3D electron density ($n_{e}$) map derived from dust map-informed simulations and a full-sky map of Faraday rotation…

Faraday tomography through broadband polarimetry can provide crucial information on magnetized astronomical objects, such as quasars, galaxies, or galaxy clusters. However, the limited wavelength coverage of the instruments requires that we…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-17 Suchetha Cooray , Tsutomu T. Takeuchi , Shinsuke Ideguchi , Takuya Akahori , Yoshimitsu Miyashita , Keitaro Takahashi