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We present a novel statistical analysis aimed at deriving the intrinsic shapes and magnetic field orientations of molecular clouds using dust emission and polarization observations by the Hertz polarimeter. Our observables are the aspect…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 K. Tassis , C. D. Dowell , R. H. Hildebrand , L. Kirby , J. E. Vaillancourt

A new algorithm is developed that automatically detects filaments on the solar disc in H-alpha images. Preprocessing of H-alpha images include corrections for limb darkening and foreshortening. Further, by applying suitable intensity and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-01 Anand D. Joshi , Nandita Srivastava , Shibu K. Mathew

Context. Gravitational collapse theory and numerical simulations suggest that the velocity field within large-scale galaxy filaments is dominated by motions along the filaments. Aims. Our aim is to check whether observational data reveal…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-25 Elmo Tempel , Antti Tamm

We propose a new method to measure the mass of large-scale filaments in galaxy redshift surveys. The method is based on the fact that the mass per unit length of isothermal filaments depends only on their transverse velocity dispersion.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Daniel J. Eisenstein , Abraham Loeb , Edwin L. Turner

We propose a template matching method for the detection of 2D image objects that are characterized by orientation patterns. Our method is based on data representations via orientation scores, which are functions on the space of positions…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-10 Erik J. Bekkers , Marco Loog , Bart M. ter Haar Romeny , Remco Duits

Filaments are an ubiquitous feature of molecular clouds, and appear to play a critical role in assembling the material to form stars. The dominant filaments are observed to have a rather narrow range of widths around $\sim 0.1$ pc, and to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-14 F. D. Priestley , A. P. Whitworth

We characterize the kinematic and magnetic properties of HI filaments located in a high Galactic latitude region ($165^\circ < \alpha < 195^\circ$ and $12^\circ < \delta < 24^\circ$). We extract three-dimensional filamentary structures…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-20 Doyeon Avery Kim , Susan E Clark , Mary E Putman , Larry Li

Dense clumps distributed along filaments are the immediate medium for star formation. Kinematic properties of the clumps, such as velocity gradient and angular momentum, combined with filament orientation, provide important clues to the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-18 Xuefang Xu , Ke Wang , Qian Gou , Tapas Baug , Di Li , Chunguo Duan , Juncheng Lei

Filaments play a crucial role in providing the necessary environmental conditions for star formation, actively participating in the process. To facilitate the identification and analysis of filaments, we introduce DPConCFil (Directional and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-10 Yu Jiang

Molecular clouds are sites of star formation. Magnetic fields are believed to play an important role in their dynamics and shaping morphology. We aim to study any possible correlation that might exist between the magnetic fields orientation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-26 Ekta Sharma , Maheswar Gopinathan , Archana Soam , Chang Won Lee , T. R. Seshadri

The role of magnetic fields in the formation of dense filamentary structures in molecular clouds is critical for understanding the star formation process. The Snake filament in or close to the Pipe Nebula s neighboring, a prominent example…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-24 Farideh S. Tabatabaei , Elena Redaelli , Gabriel A. P. Franco , Paola Caselli , Marta Obolentseva

The local fiber orientation is a micro-structural feature crucial for the mechanical properties of parts made from fiber reinforced polymers. It can be determined from micro-computed tomography data and subsequent quantitative analysis of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-14 Thomas Baranowski , Dascha Dobrovolskij , Kilian Dremel , Astrid Hölzing , Günter Lohfink , Katja Schladitz , Simon Zabler

Solar filament oscillations have been known for decades. Now thanks to the new capabilities of the new telescopes, these periodic motions are routinely observed. Oscillations in filaments show key aspects of their structure. A systematic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 Manuel Luna , Joan-René Merou Mestre , Frédéric Auchère

We discuss the skeleton as a probe of the filamentary structures of a 2D random field. It can be defined for a smooth field as the ensemble of pairs of field lines departing from saddle points, initially aligned with the major axis of local…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-06 Dimitri Novikov , Stephane Colombi , Olivier Doré

Filamentary structure is important for the ISM and star formation. Galactic distribution of filaments may regulate the star formation rate in the Milky Way. However, interstellar filaments are intrinsically complex, making it difficult to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-12 Ke Wang , Yifei Ge , Tapas Baug

One common approach to computing the magnetic field produced by a filamentary current-carrying coil is to approximate the coil as a series of straight segments. The Biot-Savart field from each straight segment is known analytically.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-09-01 Nick McGreivy , Caoxiang Zhu , Lee Gunderson , Stuart R. Hudson

Accurate characterization of filamentary structures in star-forming clouds is essential for understanding star formation. Traditional methods fit observed surface density profiles $\Sigma(r)$ with slope $\gamma$ and width $H$ using the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-05-15 Alexander Men'shchikov , Guo-Yin Zhang

We describe a new neural-network technique developed for an automated recognition of solar filaments visible in the hydrogen H-alpha line full disk spectroheliograms. This technique allows neural networks learn from a few image fragments…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 V. V. Zharkova , V. Schetinin

The structure of the photospheric vector magnetic field below a dark filament on the Sun is studied using the observations of the Spectro-Polarimeter attached to the Solar Optical Telescope onboard Hinode. Special attention is paid to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-20 Takaaki Yokoyama , Yukio Katsukawa , Masumi Shimojo

Cosmic filaments, the most prominent features of the cosmic web, possibly hold untapped potential for cosmological inference. While it is natural to expect the structure of filaments to show universality similar to that seen in dark matter…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-20 Saee Dhawalikar , Aseem Paranjape