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We study the effects of galaxy formation physics on the magnetization of the intergalactic medium (IGM) using the IllustrisTNG simulations. We demonstrate that large-scale regions affected by the outflows from galaxies and clusters contain…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 Andres Aramburo Garcia , Kyrylo Bondarenko , Alexey Boyarsky , Dylan Nelson , Annalisa Pillepich , Anastasia Sokolenko

The origin of large magnetic fields in the Universe remains currently unknown. We investigate here a mechanism before recombination based on known physics. The source of the vorticity is due to the changes in the photon distribution…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-24 Ophélia Fabre , S. Shankaranarayanan

Magnetic fields in the intra-cluster medium of galaxy clusters have been studied in the past years through different methods. In the next years the up-coming generation of radio telescopes is going to provide new data that have the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 A. Bonafede , K. Dolag , F. Stasyszyn , G. Murante , S. Borgani

We investigate hydromagnetic turbulence of primordial magnetic fields using magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in an expanding universe. We present the basic, covariant MHD equations, find solutions for MHD waves in the early universe, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Axel Brandenburg , Kari Enqvist , Poul Olesen

Observations of galaxy clusters show radio emission extended over almost the system scale, necessitating mechanisms for particle acceleration. Previous models for acceleration such as diffusive shock acceleration and that due to turbulence…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-30 Subham Ghosh , Pallavi Bhat

We derive the minimal seed magnetic field which unavoidably arises in the radiation and matter eras, prior to recombination, by the rotational velocity of ions and electrons, gravitationally induced by the non-linear evolution of primordial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Matarrese , S. Mollerach , A. Notari , A. Riotto

We show that under very general conditions, cluster plasmas threaded by weak magnetic fields are subject to very fast growing plasma instabilities driven by the anisotropy of the plasma pressure (viscous stress) with respect to the local…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. A. Schekochihin , S. C. Cowley , R. M. Kulsrud , G. W. Hammett , P. Sharma

Thin synchrotron-emitting filaments are increasingly seen in the intracluster medium (ICM). We present the first example of a direct interaction between a magnetic filament, a radio jet, and a dense ICM clump in the poor cluster Abell 194.…

The origin of the substantial magnetic fields that are found in galaxies and on even larger scales, such as in clusters of galaxies, is yet unclear. If the second-order couplings between photons and electrons are considered, then…

Observations of galaxy clusters show that the intracluster medium (ICM) is likely to be turbulent and is certainly magnetized. The properties of this magnetized turbulence are determined both by fundamental nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. A. Schekochihin , S. C. Cowley

Cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of primordial star formation suggest that the gas within the first star-forming halos is turbulent. This has strong implications on the subsequent evolution, in particular on the generation of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Sharanya Sur , Dominik R. G. Schleicher , Robi Banerjee , Christoph Federrath , Ralf S. Klessen

We use the results from a constrained, cosmological MHD simulation of the Local Universe to predict the radio halo and the gamma-ray flux from the Coma cluster and compare it to current observations. The simulated magnetic field within the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. Donnert , K. Dolag , G. Brunetti , R. Cassano , A. Bonafede

Blazar observations point toward the possible presence of magnetic fields over intergalactic scales of the order of up to $\sim1\,$Mpc, with strengths of at least $\sim10^{-16}\,$G. Understanding the origin of these large-scale magnetic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-17 Tina Kahniashvili , Axel Brandenburg , Arthur Kosowsky , Sayan Mandal , Alberto Roper Pol

The magnetic fields in our Milky Way can be revealed by the distribution of Faraday rotation measures (RMs) of radio sources behind the Galaxy and of radio pulsars inside the Galaxy. Based on the antisymmetry of the Faraday sky in the inner…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-14 J. Xu , J. L. Han

The origin of galactic and extra-galactic magnetic fields is an unsolved problem in modern cosmology. A possible scenario comes from the idea of these fields emerged from a small field, a seed, which was produced in the early universe…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-14 Hector J. Hortua , Leonardo Castaneda , Juan M. Tejeiro

Results from simulations of hierarchical structure formation cosmology provide a tool to develop an evolutionary model of regular magnetic fields coupled to galaxy formation and evolution. We use the dynamo theory to derive the timescales…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 Tigran G. Arshakian , Rainer Beck , Marita Krause , Dmitry Sokolff , Rodion Stepanov

The goal of this work is to constrain the strength and structure of the magnetic field associated with the environment of the radio source 3C 449, using observations of Faraday rotation, which we model with a structure function technique…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 D. Guidetti , R. A. Laing , M. Murgia , F. Govoni , L. Gregorini , P. Parma

The origin of large scale magnetic fields in the Universe is widely thought to be from early Universe processes, like inflation or phase transitions. These magnetic fields evolve via magnetohydrodynamic processes until the epoch of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-04 Molly Abramson , Emma Clarke , Tina Kahniashvili , Sayan Mandal , Salome Mtchedlidze , Jennifer Schober

Rotation measures of pulsars and extragalactic point sources have been known to reveal large-scale antisymmetries in the Faraday rotation sky with respect to the Galactic plane and halo that have been interpreted as signatures of the mean…

Radio quasar sightlines with strong MgII absorption lines display statistically enhanced Faraday Rotation Measures (RM) indicating the presence of additional magneto-active plasma with respect to sightlines free of such absorption. In this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 M. L. Bernet , F. Miniati , S. J. Lilly