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The circumgalactic medium (CGM) is poorly constrained at the sub-parsec scales relevant to turbulent energy dissipation and regulation of multi-phase structure. Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are sensitive to small-scale plasma density…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-25 S. K. Ocker , M. Chen , S. P. Oh , P. Sharma

Our knowledge of the circumgalactic medium (CGM) is mostly based on quasar absorption-line measurements. These have uncovered a multiphase medium that is likely highly turbulent, but constraints of this turbulence are limited to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-24 Brad Koplitz , Edward Buie , Evan Scannapieco

Magnetic fields permeate the entire Galaxy and are essential to, for example, the regulation of several stages of the star formation process and cosmic ray transportation. Unraveling its properties, such as intensity and topology, is an…

We study the statistical properties of interstellar dust polarization at high Galactic latitude, using the Stokes parameter Planck maps at 353 GHz. Our aim is to advance the understanding of the magnetized interstellar medium (ISM), and to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 Planck Collaboration , N. Aghanim , M. I. R. Alves , D. Arzoumanian , J. Aumont , C. Baccigalupi , M. Ballardini , A. J. Banday , R. B. Barreiro , N. Bartolo , S. Basak , K. Benabed , J. -P. Bernard , M. Bersanelli , P. Bielewicz , L. Bonavera , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , F. R. Bouchet , F. Boulanger , A. Bracco , M. Bucher , C. Burigana , E. Calabrese , J. -F. Cardoso , H. C. Chiang , L. P. L. Colombo , C. Combet , B. Comis , F. Couchot , A. Coulais , B. P. Crill , A. Curto , F. Cuttaia , R. J. Davis , P. de Bernardis , A. de Rosa , G. de Zotti , J. Delabrouille , J. -M. Delouis , E. Di Valentino , C. Dickinson , J. M. Diego , O. Doré , M. Douspis , A. Ducout , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , G. Efstathiou , F. Elsner , T. A. Enßlin , H. K. Eriksen , E. Falgarone , Y. Fantaye , K. Ferrière , F. Finelli , M. Frailis , A. A. Fraisse , E. Franceschi , A. Frolov , S. Galeotta , S. Galli , K. Ganga , R. T. Génova-Santos , M. Gerbino , T. Ghosh , J. González-Nuevo , K. M. Górski , S. Gratton , A. Gregorio , A. Gruppuso , J. E. Gudmundsson , V. Guillet , F. K. Hansen , G. Helou , S. Henrot-Versillé , D. Herranz , E. Hivon , Z. Huang , A. H. Jaffe , T. R. Jaffe , W. C. Jones , E. Keihänen , R. Keskitalo , T. S. Kisner , N. Krachmalnicoff , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , G. Lagache , A. Lähteenmäki , J. -M. Lamarre , M. Langer , A. Lasenby , M. Lattanzi , M. Le Jeune , F. Levrier , M. Liguori , P. B. Lilje , M. López-Caniego , P. M. Lubin , J. F. Macías-Pérez , G. Maggio , D. Maino , N. Mandolesi , A. Mangilli , M. Maris , P. G. Martin , E. Martínez-González , S. Matarrese , N. Mauri , J. D. McEwen , A. Melchiorri , A. Mennella , M. Migliaccio , M. -A. Miville-Deschênes , D. Molinari , A. Moneti , L. Montier , G. Morgante , A. Moss , P. Naselsky , P. Natoli , J. Neveu , H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen , N. Oppermann , C. A. Oxborrow , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , B. Partridge , O. Perdereau , L. Perotto , V. Pettorino , F. Piacentini , S. Plaszczynski , G. Polenta , J. P. Rachen , R. Rebolo , M. Reinecke , M. Remazeilles , A. Renzi , I. Ristorcelli , G. Rocha , M. Rossetti , G. Roudier , B. Ruiz-Granados , L. Salvati , M. Sandri , M. Savelainen , D. Scott , C. Sirignano , J. D. Soler , A. -S. Suur-Uski , J. A. Tauber , D. Tavagnacco , M. Tenti , L. Toffolatti , M. Tomasi , M. Tristram , T. Trombetti , J. Valiviita , F. Vansyngel , F. Van Tent , P. Vielva , F. Villa , B. D. Wandelt , I. K. Wehus , A. Zacchei , A. Zonca

The cloud-scale density, velocity dispersion, and gravitational boundedness of the interstellar medium (ISM) vary within and among galaxies. In turbulent models, these properties play key roles in the ability of gas to form stars. New high…

In the Interstellar Medium (ISM), gas and dust evolve under magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. This produces dense, non-linear structures that then seed star formation. Observationally and theoretically, turbulence is quantified by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-06 Victoria Williamson , James Sunseri , Zachary Slepian , Jiamin Hou , Alessandro Greco

Magnetic field lines in interstellar media have a rich morphology, which could be characterized by geometrical parameters such as curvature and torsion. In this paper, we explore the statistical properties of magnetic field line curvature…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-05 Ka Ho Yuen , A. Lazarian

We describe a Faraday-rotation structure in the Interstellar Medium detected through polarimetric imaging at 1420 MHz from the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (CGPS). The structure, at l=91.8, b=-2.5, has an extent of ~2 degree, within which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Uyaniker , T. L. Landecker

We present first results from SIMPLIFI (Study of Interstellar Magnetic Polarization: a Legacy Investigation of Filaments), a SOFIA/HAWC+ $214~\mu\rm{}m$ polarimetric survey of Galactic molecular cloud filaments. We trace magnetic field…

The interstellar medium (ISM) of galaxies is composed of a turbulent magnetized plasma. In order to quantitatively measure relevant turbulent parameters of the ISM, a wide variety of statistical techniques and metrics have been developed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-11 J. E. G. Peek , Blakesley Burkhart

We present observations and CMB foreground analysis of the Parkes Galactic Meridian Survey (PGMS), an investigation of the Galactic latitude behaviour of the polarized synchrotron emission at 2.3 GHz with the Parkes Radio Telescope. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 E. Carretti , M. Haverkorn , D. McConnell , G. Bernardi , N. M. McClure-Griffiths , S. Cortiglioni , S. Poppi

Gravitational instabilities play an important role in galaxy evolution and in shaping the interstellar medium (ISM). The ISM is observed to be highly turbulent, meaning that observables like the gas surface density and velocity dispersion…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Oscar Agertz , Alessandro B. Romeo , Kearn Grisdale

Perhaps the most intriguing result of Planck's dust-polarization measurements is the observation that the power in the E-mode polarization is twice that in the B mode, as opposed to pre-Planck expectations of roughly equal dust powers in E…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-26 Robert R. Caldwell , Chris Hirata , Marc Kamionkowski

The circumgalactic medium (CGM) of nearby star-forming galaxies shows clear indications of OVI absorption accompanied by little to no detectable NV absorption. This unusual spectral signature, accompanied by highly non-uniform absorption…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-07-01 Edward Buie , William J. Gray , Evan Scannapieco , Mohammadtaher Safarzadeh

We have used polarimetric imaging to study the magneto-ionic medium of the Galaxy, obtaining 1420 MHz images with an angular resolution of 1' over more than 40 square-degrees of sky around the W3/W4/W5/HB3 HII region/SNR complex in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. D. Gray , T. L. Landecker , P. E. Dewdney , A. R. Taylor , A. G. Willis , M. Normandeau

This study is motivated by recent observations on the ubiquitous interstellar density filaments and guided by the modern theory of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. The interstellar turbulence shapes the observed density structure. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-06 Siyao Xu , Alex Lazarian

Magnetic turbulence is classified as weak or strong based on the relative amplitude of the magnetic field fluctuations compared to the mean field. These two classifications have different energy transport properties. This study analyzes…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-13 Evangelia Ntormousi , Loukas Vlahos , Anna Konstantinou , Heinz Isliker

Magnetic fields are ubiquitous in the interstellar medium but are notoriously difficult to study through observation. Making use of the advances in our understanding of MHD turbulence and turbulent reconnection, the Velocity Gradient…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Yue Hu , Ka Ho Yuen , Alex Lazarian

We study the impact of gas motions on the polarization of bright X-ray emission lines from the hot intercluster medium (ICM). The polarization naturally arises from resonant scattering of emission lines owing to a quadrupole component in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 I. V. Zhuravleva , E. M. Churazov , S. Yu. Sazonov , R. A. Sunyaev , W. Forman , K. Dolag

Supernova explosions inject a considerable amount of energy into the interstellar medium (ISM) in regions with high to moderate star formation rates. In order to assess whether the driving of turbulence by supernovae is also important in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 Sami Dib , C. Jakob Walcher , Mark Heyer , Edouard Audit , Laurent Loinard