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The Davis-Chandrasekhar-Fermi (DCF) method is widely employed to estimate the mean magnetic field strength in astrophysical plasmas. In this study, we present a numerical investigation using the DCF method in conjunction with a promising…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-10 Parth Pavaskar , Huirong Yan , Jungyeon Cho

The strong alignment of small-scale turbulent Alfv\'enic motions with the direction of the magnetic field that percolates the small-scale eddies and imprints the direction of the magnetic field is a property that follows from the MHD theory…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-20 Ka Wai Ho , Alex Lazarian

Large-scale magnetic fields affect the scalar modes of the geometry whose ultimate effect is to determine the anisotropies of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB in what follows). For the first time, a consistent numerical approach to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-29 Massimo Giovannini , Kerstin E. Kunze

We describe a technique for probing the statistical properties of cosmic magnetic fields based on radio polarimetry data. Second-order magnetic field statistics like the power spectrum cannot always distinguish between magnetic fields with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 A. Waelkens , A. A. Schekochihin , T. A. Ensslin

We introduce two new ways of obtaining the strength of plane-of-sky (POS) magnetic field by simultaneous use of spectroscopic Doppler-shifted lines and the information on magnetic field direction. The latter can be obtained either through…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-02-20 Alex Lazarian , Ka Ho Yuen , Dmitri Pogosyan

Voltage control of magnetic anisotropy (VCMA) in magnetic heterostructures is a key technology for achieving energy-efficiency electronic devices with ultralow power consumption. Here, we report the first demonstration of the VCMA effect in…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-03-24 Zhenchao Wen , Hiroaki Sukegawa , Takeshi Seki , Takahide Kubota , Koki Takanashi , Seiji Mitani

Magnetic fields are a defining yet enigmatic aspect of the interstellar medium (ISM), with their three-dimensional mapping posing a substantial challenge. In this study, we harness the innovative Velocity Gradient Technique (VGT),…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-01-15 Tyler Schmaltz , Yue Hu , A. Lazarian

We study compressible MHD turbulence, which holds key to many astrophysical processes, including star formation and cosmic ray propagation. To account for the variations of the magnetic field in the strongly turbulent fluid we use wavelet…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Grzegorz Kowal , Alex Lazarian

Synchrotron emission, its polarization and its Faraday rotation at radio frequencies of 0.2-10 GHz are powerful tools to study the strength and structure of cosmic magnetic fields. The observational results are reviewed for spiral, barred…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Rainer Beck

Plasma turbulence is a ubiquitous dynamical process that transfers energy across many spatial and temporal scales and affects energetic particle transport. Recent advances in the understanding of compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-09 Siqi Zhao , Huirong Yan , Terry Z. Liu , Ka Ho Yuen , Mijie Shi

We use previously published high-resolution synchrotron polarization data to perform an angular dispersion analysis with the aim of charactering magnetized turbulence in M51. We first analyze three distinct regions (the center of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Martin Houde , Andrew Fletcher , Rainer Beck , Roger H. Hildebrand , John E. Vaillancourt , Jeroen M. Stil

We present three-dimensional magnetic power spectra in wavevector space to investigate anisotropy and scalings of sub-Alfv\'enic solar wind turbulence at magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) scale using the Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-29 S. Q. Zhao , Huirong Yan , Terry Z. Liu , Mingzhe Liu , Huizi Wang

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

Magnetic fields are crucial in numerous astrophysical processes within the interstellar medium. However, the detailed determination of magnetic field geometry is notoriously challenging. Based on the modern magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-02 Sunil Malik , Ka Ho Yuen , Huirong Yan

The measure of the third-order structure function, Y, is employed in the solar wind to compute the cascade rate of turbulence. In the absence of a mean field B0=0, Y is expected to be isotropic (radial) and independent of the direction of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Andrea Verdini , Roland Grappin , Petr Hellinger , Simone Landi , Wolf-Christian Müller

We present numerical simulations and explore scalings and anisotropy of compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. Our study covers both gas pressure dominated (high beta) and magnetically dominated (low beta) plasmas at different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 Jungyeon Cho , A. Lazarian

The central molecular zone (CMZ) plays an essential role in regulating the nuclear ecosystem of our Galaxy. To get an insight into the magnetic fields of the CMZ, we employ the Gradient Technique (GT), which is rooted in the anisotropy of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-09 Yue Hu , A. Lazarian , Q. Daniel Wang

We extend the velocity channel analysis (VCA), introduced by Lazarian & Pogosyan, of the intensity fluctuations in the velocity slices of position-position-velocity (PPV) spectroscopic data from Doppler broadened lines to study statistical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-07-12 Dinesh Kandel , Alex Lazarian , Dmitri Pogosyan

A statistical survey of spectral anisotropy of space plasma turbulence is performed using five years measurements from MMS in the magnetosheath. By measuring the five-point second-order structure functions of the magnetic field, we have for…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-08-05 Tieyan Wang , Jiansen He , Olga Alexandrova , Malcolm Dunlop , Denise Perrone

When magnetohydrodynamic turbulence evolves in the presence of a large-scale mean magnetic field, an anisotropy develops relative to that preferred direction. The well-known tendency is to develop stronger gradients perpendicular to the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Rohit Chhiber , William H. Matthaeus , Sean Oughton , Tulasi N. Parashar