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The main observational results from radio continuum and polarization observations about the magnetic field strength and large-scale pattern for face-on and edge-on spiral galaxies are summarized and compared within our sample of galaxies of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-07 Marita Krause

Probing magnetic fields in high-redshift galactic systems is crucial to investigate galactic dynamics and evolution. Utilizing the rotation measure of the background quasars, we have developed a radial profile of the magnetic field in a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-04 Shivam Burman , Paras Sharma , Sunil Malik , Suprit Singh

When dealing with galactic dynamics, or more specifically, with galactic rotation curves, one basic assumption is always taken: the frame of reference relative to which the rotational velocities are given is assumed to be inertial. In other…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-25 Roy Gomel , Tomer Zimmerman

Violent gravitational interactions can change the morphologies of galaxies and, by means of merging, transform them into elliptical galaxies. We aim to investigate how they affect the evolution of galactic magnetic fields. We selected 16…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-23 Robert T. Drzazga , Krzysztof T. Chyzy , Wojciech Jurusik , Krzysztof Wiorkiewicz

The influence of rotation and magnetic fields on the physical properties of isothermal gas clouds is discussed. The presence of rotation and/or magnetic fields results in an increase of the critical cloud mass with respect to gravitational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Vollmer , W. J. Duschl

The evolution of inclination angle and precession damping of radio pulsars is considered. It is assumed that the neutron star consists of 3 "freely" rotating components: the crust and two core components, one of which contains pinned…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-25 K. Y. Kraav , M. V. Vorontsov , D. P. Barsukov

The turbulent diffusion tensor describing the evolution of the mean concentration of a passive scalar is investigated for non-helically forced turbulence in the presence of rotation or a magnetic field. With rotation, the Coriolis force…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-09 Axel Brandenburg , Andreas Svedin , Geoffrey M. Vasil

Rotating bodies in General Relativity produce frame dragging, also known as the {\it gravitomagnetic effect} in analogy with classical electromagnetism. In this work, we study the effect of magnetic field on the gravitomagnetic effect in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-31 Debarati Chatterjee , Chandrachur Chakraborty , Debades Bandyopadhyay

Combined action of helical motions of plasma (the $\alpha$ effect) and non-uniform (differential) rotation is a key dynamo mechanism of solar and galactic large-scale magnetic fields. Dynamics of magnetic helicity of small-scale fields is a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-20 N. Kleeorin , I. Rogachevskii

Natural dynamos such as planets and stars generate global scale magnetic field despite the inferred presence of small scale turbulence. Such systems are known as large scale dynamos and are typically driven by convection and influenced by…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-02-24 Ming Yan , Michael A. Calkins

We consider the magnetic Lorentz gas proposed by Bobylev et al. [4], which describes a point particle moving in a random distribution of hard-disk obstacles in $\mathbb{R}^2$ under the influence of a constant magnetic field perpendicular to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-12-17 Alessia Nota , Dominik Nowak , Chiara Saffirio

We carried out global three-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic simulations of dynamo activities in galactic gaseous disks without assuming equatorial symmetry. Numerical results indicate the growth of azimuthal magnetic fields non-symmetric…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Mami Machida , Kenji E. Nakamura , Takahiro Kudoh , Takuya Akahori , Sofue Yoshiaki , Ryoji Matsumoto

We calculate the mass loss driven by MHD waves from hot Jupiters by using MHD simulations in one-dimensional flux tubes. If a gaseous planet has magnetic field, MHD waves are excited by turbulence at the surface, dissipate at the upper…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Yuki A. Tanaka , Takeru K. Suzuki , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

Radio continuum observations of barred galaxies revealed strong magnetic fields of >= 50-100 muG in the circumnuclear starbursts. Such fields are dynamically important and give rise to magnetic stress that causes inflow of gas towards the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 Rainer Beck

We study the Faraday rotation measure (RM) due to the Galactic magnetic field (GMF) toward high Galactic latitudes. The RM arises from the global, regular component as well as from the turbulent, random component of the GMF. We model the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Takuya Akahori , Dongsu Ryu , Jongsoo Kim , B. M. Gaensler

Comprehensive observations of galaxy clusters suggest that gas deficiency in the galaxies could be due to ram pressure stripping due to the high-pressure intra-cluster medium acting on the galactic discs. The presence of gas in galaxies is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-10 Ankit Singh , Shreya Davessar , Mamta Gulati , Jasjeet Singh Bagla , Meenu Prajapati

The missing gravity in galaxies requires dark matter, or alternatively a modification of gravity or inertia. These theoretical possibilities of fundamental importance may be distinguished by the statistical relation between the observed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-21 Kyu-Hyun Chae

This study examines the relationship between magnetic field complexity and mass and angular momentum losses. Observations of open clusters have revealed a bimodal distribution of the rotation periods of solar-like stars that has proven…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Cecilia Garraffo , Jeremy J. Drake , Ofer Cohen

The Galactic magnetic field is important in the dynamics of our Galaxy. It is believed to play a role in star formation and influence the structure of the Galaxy. In order to understand how the Galactic magnetic field originally formed or…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-12-15 Kyle Rae , Jo-Anne Brown

A new mechanism is described, analyzed and visualized, for the dissipation of suprathermal rotation energy of molecules in magnetic fields, a necessary condition for their alignment. It relies upon the Lorentz force perturbing the motion of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-17 Renaud Papoular
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