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The Sun and other cool stars harbouring outer convection zones manifest magnetic activity in their atmospheres. The connection between this activity and the properties of a deep-seated dynamo generating the magnetic flux is not well…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Emre Işık , Dieter Schmitt , Manfred Schüssler

We present a simplified model in which we suggest that two important galactic problems -the magnetic field configuration at large scales and the flat rotation curve- may be simultaneously explained. A highly convective disc produces a high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Battaner , H. Lesch , E. Florido

A framework is introduced for coupling the evolution of galactic magnetic fields sustained by the mean-field dynamo with the formation and evolution of galaxies in cold dark matter cosmology. Estimates of the steady-state strength of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Luiz Felippe S. Rodrigues , Anvar Shukurov , Andrew Fletcher , Carlton Baugh

We construct a time-independent, incompressible, and Lipschitz-continuous velocity field in $\mathbb{R}^3$ that generates a fast kinematic dynamo - an instability characterized by exponential growth of magnetic energy, independent of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-02 Michele Coti Zelati , Massimo Sorella , David Villringer

We stress some of the major differences between supergalactic winds and giant superbubbles evolving into the giant low density haloes of galaxies. We review major properties of bursts of star formation and the critical energy required for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Tenorio-Tagle , S. Silich , C. Munoz-Tunon

Context. Regularly-spaced, star-forming regions along the spiral arms of nearby galaxies provide insight into the early stages and initial conditions of star formation. The regular separation of these star-forming regions suggests spiral…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-24 Raghav Arora , Christoph Federrath , Robi Banerjee , Bastian Körtgen

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

The origin and evolution of cosmic magnetic fields as well as the influence of the magnetic fields on the evolution of galaxies are unknown. Though not without challenges, the dynamo theory can explain the large-scale coherent magnetic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-17 F. S. Tabatabaei , T. P. K. Martinsson , J. H. Knapen , J. E. Beckman , B. Koribalski , B. G. Elmegreen

Supernovae are known to be the dominant energy source for driving turbulence in the interstellar medium. Yet, their effect on magnetic field amplification in spiral galaxies is still poorly understood. Analytical models based on the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-01-29 Oliver Gressel

We investigate the build-up of the galactic dynamo and subsequently the origin of a magnetic driven outflow. We use a setup of an isolated disc galaxy with a realistic circum-galactic medium (CGM). We find good agreement of the galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-01 Ulrich P. Steinwandel , Klaus Dolag , Harald Lesch , Benjamin P. Moster , Andreas Burkert , Almudena Prieto

In low-mass Red Giant Branch (RGB) and Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars, anomalous mixing must transport material near the hydrogen-burning shell to the convective envelope. Recently, it was suggested that buoyant magnetic flux tubes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. Nordhaus , E. G. Blackman

Using a one-dimensional $\alpha\omega$-dynamo model appropriate to galaxies, we study the possibility of dynamo action driven by a stochastic alpha effect and shear. To determine the field evolution, one needs to examine a large number of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Sharanya Sur , Kandaswamy Subramanian

We explore when supernovae can (and cannot) regulate the star formation and bulge growth in galaxies based on a sample of 18 simulated galaxies. The simulations include key physics such as evaporation and conduction, neglected in prior…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-17 B. W. Keller , J. Wadsley , H. M. P Couchman

Galactic outflows driven by starbursts can modify the galactic magnetic fields and drive them away from the galactic planes. Here, we quantify how these fields may magnetize the intergalactic medium. We estimate the strength and structure…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-06-23 Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez , Jordan Guerra , Mahboubeh Asgari-Targhi , Joan T. Schmelz

Magnetic fields are ubiquitous in the Universe. Extragalactic disks, halos and clusters have consistently been shown, via diffuse radio-synchrotron emission and Faraday rotation measurements, to exhibit magnetic field strengths ranging from…

The canonical theory for planet formation in circumstellar disks proposes that planets are grown from initially much smaller seeds. The long-considered alternative theory proposes that giant protoplanets can be formed directly from…

The emergence of a large scale magnetic field from randomly forced isotropic strongly helical flows is discussed in terms of the inverse cascade of magnetic helicity and the alpha-effect. In simulations of such flows the maximum field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Axel Brandenburg

Magnetic fields correlated on several kiloparsec scales are seen in spiral galaxies. Their origin could be due to the winding up of a primordial cosmological field or due to amplification of a small seed field by a turbulent galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Subramanian

Our attention focuses on the stochastic dynamo equation with non-normal operator that give an insight into the role of stochastics and non-normality in the galactic magnetic field generation. The main point of this Letter is a discussion of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Sergei Fedotov

The galactic magnetic field is commonly supposed to be due to a dynamo acting on some large scale seed field. A major difficulty with this idea is that estimates of reasonable seed field strengths tend to be quite low, on the order of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ethan T. Vishniac