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Based on the modern understanding of MHD turbulence theory, we propose a new method for measuring the spectral properties of magnetic turbulence by synchrotron polarization gradient analysis. Using synthetic polarization observational data,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-08 Jianfu Zhang , Ziqi Liu

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is a crucial component of the current paradigms of star formation, dynamo theory, particle transport, magnetic reconnection and evolution of structure in the interstellar medium (ISM) of galaxies.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-10-27 Blakesley Burkhart

A statistical analysis is presented of the turbulent velocity structure in the Orion Molecular Cloud at scales ranging from 70 AU to 30000 AU. Results are based on IR Fabry-Perot interferometric observations of shock and photon-excited H2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 M. Gustafsson , D. Field , J. L. Lemaire , F. P. Pijpers

The Southern Galactic Plane Survey (SGPS) is an HI and 1.4-GHz continuum survey of the 4th quadrant of the Galaxy at arcmin resolution. We present here results on linearly polarized continuum emission from an initial 28-square-degree Test…

The Parkes Galactic Meridian Survey (PGMS) is a 5 deg X 90 deg strip to map the polarized synchrotron emission along a Galactic meridian from the Galactic plane down to the south Galactic pole. The survey is carried out at the Parkes radio…

$\textit{Aims.}$ We present a case study to demonstrate the potential of multi-wavelength polarization measurements. The aim is to investigate the effects that dichroic polarization and thermal re-emission have on tracing the magnetic field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 S. Reissl , S. Wolf , D. Seifried

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

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-07 Siyao Xu , Suoqing Ji , A. Lazarian

Near-infrared polarimetric imaging observations toward the Galactic center have been carried out to examine the efficiency and wavelength dependence of interstellar polarization. A total area of about 5.7 deg$^2$ is covered in the $J$, $H$,…

The Galactic Plane Infrared Polarization Survey (GPIPS) seeks to characterize the magnetic field in the dusty Galactic disk using near-infrared stellar polarimetry. All GPIPS observations were completed using the 1.83 m Perkins telescope…

In this work, we study the magnetic field morphology of selected star-forming clouds spread over the galactic latitude ($b$) range, $-10^\circ$ to $10^\circ$. The polarimetric observation of clouds CB24, CB27 and CB188 are conducted to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-22 Gulafsha B. Choudhury , Himadri S. Das , B. J. Medhi , J. C. Pandey , S. Wolf , T. K. Dhar , A. M. Mazarbhuiya

[abridged] The interstellar medium is now widely recognized to display features ascribable to magnetized turbulence. With the public release of Planck data and the current balloon-borne and ground-based experiments, the growing amount of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-27 F. Levrier , J. Neveu , E. Falgarone , F. Boulanger , A. Bracco , T. Ghosh , F. Vansyngel

The intergalactic medium (IGM) underwent intense heating that resulted in pressure disequilibrium in the wake of ionization fronts during cosmic reionization. The dynamical relaxation to restore pressure balance may have driven small-scale…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-11 Christopher Cain , Matthew McQuinn , Evan Scannapieco , Anson D'Aloisio , Hy Trac

Polarized synchrotron emission from the radio halos of diffuse intracluster medium (ICM) in galaxy clusters are yet to be observed. To investigate the expected polarization in the ICM, we use high resolution ($1$\,kpc) magnetohydrodynamic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-09-22 Aritra Basu , Sharanya Sur

Magnetic fields are fundamental to the dynamics of the interstellar medium (ISM) in spiral galaxies and are often separated into large-scale, regular ($\boldsymbol{B}$) and small-scale, random ($\boldsymbol{b}$) components. The thermal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-26 Saakshi Dhakal , Amit Seta

Observations of ion-scale (k_y*rho_i <= 1) density turbulence of relative amplitude dn_e/n_e <= 0.2% are available on the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) using a 2D (8 radial x 4 poloidal channel) imaging Beam Emission Spectroscopy (BES)…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-01-08 A R Field , D Dunai , Y-c Ghim , P Hill , B McMillan , C M Roach , S Saarelma , A A Schekochihin , S Zoletnik , the MAST team

Recent developments of the Velocity Gradient Technique (VGT) show that the velocity gradients provide a reliable tracing of magnetic field direction in turbulent plasmas. In this paper, we explore the ability of velocity gradients to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-26 A. Lazarian , Ka Ho Yuen , Ka Wai Ho , Junda Chen , Victor Lazarian , Zekun Lu , Bo Yang , Yue Hu

Polarized synchrotron emission at meter to centimeter wavelengths provides an effective tracer of the Galactic magnetic field. Calculating Faraday depth, the most useful parameter for mapping the line-of-sight magnetic field, requires…

Torques acting on galaxies lead to physical alignments, but the resulting ellipticity correlations are difficult to predict. As they constitute a major contaminant for cosmic shear studies, it is important to constrain the intrinsic…

We report on sensitive 21cm and 11cm polarization surveys of the Galactic plane carried out with the Effelsberg 100-m telescope at arcmin angular resolution and some related work. Highly structured polarized emission is seen along the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 W. Reich , E. Fuerst , P. Reich , R. Wielebinski , M. Wolleben

We show that simulations of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in the multiphase interstellar medium yield an $E/B$ ratio for polarized emission from Galactic dust in broad agreement with recent $Planck$ measurements. In addition, the $B$-mode…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-12 Alexei G. Kritsuk , Raphael Flauger , Sergey D. Ustyugov