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To contribute to the understanding of the magnetic field's influence on the segregation of CNM in the solar neighbourhood we analyse MHD simulations which include the main physical characteristics of the local neutral atomic ISM. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-14 M. A. Villagran , A. Gazol

We present three-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamical simulations of the self-gravitating interstellar medium (ISM) in a periodic (256 pc)$^3$ box with a mean number density of 0.5 cm$^{-3}$. At a fixed supernova rate we investigate the…

The magnetic field strength to gas density relation in the interstellar medium is of fundamental importance. We present and compare Bayesian analyses of the B-n relation for two comprehensive observational data sets: a Zeeman data set and…

Magnetic fields are an important component of the interstellar medium (ISM) and exhibit strongly varying field strengths and a non-trivial correlation with the gas density. Its dynamical impact varies between individual regions of the ISM…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-20 Philipp Girichidis

The relationship between magnetic field strength and gas density is essential to understand the interstellar medium and star formation. Zeeman measurements in dense atomic and molecular gas phases have traditionally been used to directly…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-10 David Whitworth , Amit Seta , Ralph E. Pudritz , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low , Juan D. Soler , Aina Palau , Ralf S. Klessen

We revisit the relation between magnetic-field strength ($B$) and gas density ($\rho$) for contracting interstellar clouds and fragments (or, cores), which is central in observationally determining the dynamical importance of magnetic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-22 A. Tritsis , G. V. Panopoulou , T. Ch. Mouschovias , K. Tassis , V. Pavlidou

Magnetic and energetic properties are presented for 17 dense cores within a few hundred pc of the Sun. Their plane-of-sky field strengths are estimated from the dispersion of polarization directions, following Davis, Chandrasekhar and Fermi…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-08-18 Philip C. Myers , Shantanu Basu

We study the magnetic field to density ($B-\rho$) relation in turbulent molecular clouds with dynamically important magnetic fields using nonideal three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations. Our simulations show that there is a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-30 Sayantan Auddy , Shantanu Basu , Takahiro Kudoh

We discuss observations of the magnetic field, column density, and turbulence in the Cold Neutral Medium (CNM). The observed quantities are only indirectly related to the intrinsic astronomical ones. We relate the observed and intrinsic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Carl Heiles , T. H. Troland

The Davis-Chandrasekhar-Fermi (DCF) method provides an indirect way to estimate the magnetic field strength from statistics of magnetic field orientations. We compile all the previous DCF estimations from polarized dust emission…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-02 Junhao Liu , Keping Qiu , Qizhou Zhang

We present new ab initio calculations of the electronic structure of various atoms and molecules in strong magnetic fields ranging from B=10^12 G to 2x10^15 G, appropriate for radio pulsars and magnetars. For these field strengths, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Zach Medin , Dong Lai

Pulsars can act as an excellent probe of the Milky Way magnetic field. The average strength of the Galactic magnetic field component parallel to the line of sight can be estimated as $\langle B_\parallel \rangle = 1.232 \,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-27 Amit Seta , Christoph Federrath

The objective of this paper is to help shedding some light on the nature and the properties of the cold structures formed via thermal instability in the magnetized atomic interstellar medium. To this end, we searched for clumps formed in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-23 Adriana Gazol , Marco Villagran

Magnetic fields are an important component of the interstellar medium (ISM) of galaxies. The thermal gas in the ISM has a multiphase structure, broadly divided into ionised, atomic, and molecular phases. The connection between the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-04-01 Amit Seta , N. M. McClure-Griffiths

Magnetic fields are a dynamically important agent for regulating structure formation in the interstellar medium. The study of the relative orientation between the local magnetic field and gas (column-) density gradient has become a powerful…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 Bastian Körtgen , Juan D. Soler

We investigated the effect of magnetic fields on the collision process between dense molecular cores. We performed three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations of collisions between two self-gravitating cores using the Enzo adaptive…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-05 Shinichi. W. Kinoshita , Fumitaka Nakamura

We simulate the dynamics and the evolution of quiet Sun magnetic elements to produce a probability density function of the field strengths associated with such elements. The dynamics of the magnetic field are simulated through a numerical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. Berrilli , D. Del Moro , B. Viticchie

We apply correlation analysis to random fields in numerical simulations of the supernova-driven interstellar medium (ISM) with the magnetic field produced by dynamo action. We solve the thermo-magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations in a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-29 James F. Hollins , Graeme R. Sarson , Anvar Shukurov , Andrew Fletcher , Frederick A. Gent

The complex interplay between turbulence, magnetic fields, and self-gravity leads to the formation of molecular clouds out of the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM). One avenue of studying this interplay is by analyzing statistical features…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-22 Frank Otto , Weiguang Ji , Hua-bai Li

In the mean field approximation of the relativistic $\sigma$-$\omega$-$\rho$ model, the magnetic fields are incorporated, and its influence on the properties of n-p-e neutron star matter are studied. When the strength of the magnetic field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 W. Chen , P. Q. Zhang , L. G. Liu
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