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Magnetic fields have only recently been included in theoretical simulations of high-mass star formation. The simulations show that magnetic fields can play a crucial role not only in the formation and dynamics of molecular outflows, but…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-10 G. Surcis , W. H. T. Vlemmings , H. J. van Langevelde , B. Hutawarakorn Kramer , A. Bartkiewicz , H. Engelkamp

A debated topic in star formation theory is the role of magnetic fields during the protostellar phase of high-mass stars. It is still unclear how magnetic fields influence the formation and dynamics of massive disks and outflows. Most…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 G. Surcis , W. H. T. Vlemmings , S. Curiel , B. Hutawarakorn Kramer , J. M. Torrelles , A. P. Sarma

We investigate the effect of the Milky Way's magnetic field in star forming regions using archived 350 micron polarization data on 52 Galactic star formation regions from the Hertz polarimeter module. The polarization angles and percentages…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Ian W. Stephens , Leslie W. Looney , C. Darren Dowell , John E. Vaillancourt , Konstantinos Tassis

Recent asteroseismic analyses have revealed the presence of strong (B $\gtrsim 10^5$ G) magnetic fields in the cores of many red giant stars. Here, we examine the implications of these results for the evolution of stellar magnetic fields,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-15 Matteo Cantiello , Jim Fuller , Lars Bildsten

(Abridged) In this review we focus on the observations and theory of the formation of early disks and outflows, and their connections with the first phases of planet formation. Large rotationally supported circumstellar disks, although…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Zhi-Yun Li , Robi Banerjee , Ralph E. Pudritz , Jes K. Jørgensen , Hsien Shang , Ruben Krasnopolsky , Anaëlle Maury

Convection in massive main sequence stars generates large scale magnetic fields in their cores which persists as they evolve up the red giant branch. The remnants of these fields may take the form of the Prendergast magnetic field, a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Emma Kaufman , Daniel Lecoanet , Evan H. Anders , Benjamin P. Brown , Geoffrey M. Vasil , Jeffrey S. Oishi , Keaton J. Burns

Magnetic fields are present in a wide variety of stars throughout the HR diagram and play a role at basically all evolutionary stages, from very-low-mass dwarfs to very massive stars, and from young star-forming molecular clouds and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 JF Donati , JD Landstreet

Radio continuum and polarization observations of several nearby galaxies allowed to determine their vertical scaleheights, magnetic field strengths and large-scale magnetic field patterns. They all show a similar large-scale magnetic field…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-07-13 Marita Krause

Interstellar magnetic fields are strong: up to 25 muG in spiral arms and 40 muG in nuclear regions. In the spiral galaxy NGC 6946 the average magnetic energy density exceeds that of the thermal gas. Magnetic fields control the evolution of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 Rainer Beck

Magnetic fields play a crucial role in star formation, yet tracing them becomes particularly challenging, especially in the presence of outflow feedback in protostellar systems. We targeted the star-forming region L1551, notable for its…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-26 Mingrui Liu , Yue Hu , Alex Lazarian

Most of the baryonic matter in the Universe is permeated by magnetic fields which affect many, if not most, of astrophysical phenomena both, in compact sources and in diffuse gas. Recent years have been marked by a worldwide surge of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-23 Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

Understanding the initial conditions of star formation requires both observational studies and theoretical works taking into account the magnetic field, which plays an important role in star formation processes. Herein, we study the young…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-18 Sakiko Fukaya , Hiroko Shinnaga , Ray S. Furuya , Kohji Tomisaka , Masahiro N. Machida , Naoto Harada

The magnetic field plays a central role in the formation and evolution of circumstellar disks. The magnetic field connects the rapidly rotating central region with the outer envelope and extracts angular momentum from the central region…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-24 Yusuke Tsukamoto

Magnetic fields play an important role in the evolution of interstellar medium and star formation. As the only direct probe of interstellar field strength, credible Zeeman measurements remain sparse due to the lack of suitable Zeeman…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-24 Tao-Chung Ching , Di Li , Carl Heiles , Zhi-Yun Li , Lei Qian , Youling Yue , Jing Tang , Sihan Jiao

Submillimeter dust polarization measurements of a sample of 50 star-forming regions, observed with the SMA and the CSO covering pc-scale clouds to mpc-scale cores, are analyzed in order to quantify the magnetic field importance. The…

A 2D dynamic model is utilized to investigate star formation in rotating filamentary molecular clouds (FMCs) amidst magnetic fields. The study reveals that the emergence of field stars is possible under both weak and strong magnetic fields…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-31 Ashok Mondal

Within four nearby (d < 160 pc) molecular clouds, we statistically evaluate the structure of the interstellar magnetic field, projected on the plane of the sky and integrated along the line of sight, as inferred from the polarized thermal…

We investigate the formation of stars within giant molecular clouds (GMCs) evolving in environments of different global magnetic field strength and large-scale dynamics. Building upon a series of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-25 Benjamin Wu , Jonathan C. Tan , Duncan Christie , Fumitaka Nakamura

We report on the near-infrared polarimetric observations of G11.11-0.12 (hereafter G11) obtained with SIRPOL on the 1.4 m IRSF telescope. The starlight polarisation of the background stars reveals the on-sky component of magnetic fields in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-27 Zhiwei Chen , Ramotholo Sefako , Yang Yang , Zhibo Jiang , Yang Su , Shaobo Zhang , Xin Zhou