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Magnetic fields and their dynamical interplay with matter in galaxy clusters contribute to the physical properties and evolution of the intracluster medium. However, the current understanding of the origin and properties of cluster magnetic…

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Radio synchrotron emission, its polarization and its Faraday rotation are powerful tools to study the strength and structure of interstellar magnetic fields. The total intensity traces the strength and distribution of total magnetic fields.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rainer Beck

We investigate how to recover the spectral properties of underlying magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence using fluctuation statistics of synchrotron polarization radiation, based on the synthetic observations. Taking spatially coincident,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-29 Jian-Fu Zhang , Alex Lazarian , Fu-Yuan Xiang

This study proceeds with the development of the technique employing velocity gradients that were identified in (\cite{GL17}, henceforth GL17) as a means of probing magnetic field in interstellar media. We demonstrate a number of practical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-25 Ka Ho Yuen , A. Lazarian

The role of magnetic fields in the dynamical evolution of galaxies and of the interstellar medium (ISM) is not well understood, mainly because such fields are difficult to directly observe. Radio astronomy provides the best tools to measure…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Beck , B. M. Gaensler

Radio synchrotron emission is a powerful tool to study the strength and structure of magnetic fields in galaxies. Unpolarized synchrotron emission traces isotropic turbulent fields which are strongest in spiral arms and bars (20-30 \mu G)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-11 Rainer Beck

We consider turbulent synchrotron emitting media that also exhibits Faraday rotation and provide a statistical description of synchrotron polarization fluctuations. In particular, we consider these fluctuations as a function of the spatial…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-09 Alex Lazarian , Dmitri Pogosyan

Diagnostics of polarized emission provide us with valuable information on the Galactic magnetic field and the state of turbulence in the interstellar medium, which cannot be obtained from synchrotron intensity alone. In Paper I (Herron et…

We present a method for determining directions of magnetic field vectors in a spiral galaxy using two synchrotron polarization maps, an optical image, and a velocity field. The orientation of the transverse magnetic field is determined with…

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Strong Alfv\'enic turbulence develops eddy-like motions perpendicular to the local direction of magnetic fields. This local alignment induces velocity gradients perpendicular to the local direction of the magnetic field. We use this fact to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-25 Diego F. González-Casanova , A. Lazarian

Studies of the three-dimensional (3D) structures of galactic magnetic fields are now entering a new era, with broadband, highly sensitive radio observations and new analysis methods. To reveal the magnetic field configuration from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-07 Yuta Tashima , Takumi Ohmura , Mami Machida

Synchrotron observation serves as a tool for studying magnetic fields in the interstellar medium and intracluster medium, yet its ability to unveil three-dimensional (3D) magnetic fields, meaning probing the field'splane-of-the-sky (POS)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-10 Yue Hu , Alex Lazarian

Based on magnetohydrodynamic turbulence simulations, we generate synthetic synchrotron observations to explore the scaling slope of the underlying MHD turbulence. We propose the new $Q$-$U$ cross intensity $X$ and cross-correlation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-05 Zhang Xue-Wen , Zhang Jian-Fu , Wang Ru-Yue , Xiang Fu-Yuan

Faraday rotation measure (RM) synthesis is a well-known approach originated in Burn (1966) and later developed by Brentjens \& de Bruyn (2005) for studying magnetic fields. This work presents a complementary approach--the polarization…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-22 Yawen Xiao , Jianfu Zhang , Alex Lazarian , Dmitri Pogosyan

Multi-frequency radio polarimetry of the diffuse Galactic synchrotron background gives new viewpoints on the Galactic magnetic field. Rotation measure maps reveal magnetic structures on arcminute to degree scales, such as a ring in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. Haverkorn , P. Katgert , A. G. de Bruyn , F. Heitsch

A method is described to model the magnetic field in the vicinity of constellations of multiple satellites using field and plasma current measurements. This quadratic model has the properties that the divergence is zero everywhere and…

The structure of magnetic fields in galaxies remains poorly constrained, despite the importance of magnetism in the evolution of galaxies. Radio synchrotron and far-infrared (FIR) polarization and polarimetric observations are the best…

Radio synchrotron emission, its polarization and its Faraday rotation are powerful tools to study the strength and structure of interstellar magnetic fields. In the Milky Way, Faraday rotation of the polarized emission from pulsars and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-24 R. Beck

Recent development of the velocity gradient technique shows the {\toreferee capability} of the technique in the way of tracing magnetic fields morphology in diffuse interstellar gas and molecular clouds. In this paper, we perform the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-01 Ka Wai Ho , Alex Lazarian

The gradient technique is a promising tool with theoretical foundations based on the fundamental properties of MHD turbulence and turbulent reconnection. Its various incarnations use spectroscopic, synchrotron, and intensity data to trace…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-04 Alex Lazarian , Ka Ho Yuen , Dmitri Pogosyan