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Space plasma studies frequently use in situ magnetic field measurements taken from many spacecraft simultaneously. A useful data product of these measurements is the reconstructed magnetic field in a volume near the spacecraft observatory.…

Space Physics · Physics 2023-10-25 T. Broeren , K. G. Klein , J. M. TenBarge

Future in situ space plasma investigations will likely involve spatially distributed observatories comprised of multiple spacecraft, beyond the four and five spacecraft configurations currently in operation. Inferring the magnetic field…

We present a method for parametric modelling of the physical components of the Galaxy's magnetised interstellar medium, simulating the observables, and mapping out the likelihood space using a Markov Chain Monte-Carlo analysis. We then…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-01-29 T. R. Jaffe , J. P. Leahy , A. J. Banday , S. M. Leach , S. R. Lowe , A. Wilkinson

A new method for measuring the large-scale structure of the Galactic magnetic field is presented. The Galactic magnetic field has been probed through the Galactic disk with near-infrared starlight polarimetry, however the distance to each…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Michael D. Pavel

We employ synthetic observations obtained with MHD simulations to study how to trace the distribution of turbulent magnetic fields using the synchrotron polarization gradient techniques suggested by Lazarian \& Yuen (2018). Both synchrotron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-15 Jian-Fu Zhang , Alex Lazarian , Ka Wai Ho , Ka Ho Yuen , Bo Yang , Yue Hu

We present a novel method to search for structures of coherently aligned patterns in ultra-high energy cosmic-ray arrival directions simultaneously across the entire sky. This method can be used to obtain information on the Galactic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-31 Marcus Wirtz , Teresa Bister , Martin Erdmann

We investigate the problem of probing the local spatial structure of the magnetic field of the interstellar medium using multi-frequency polarized maps of the synchrotron emission at radio wavelengths. We focus in this paper on the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Jerome Thiebaut , Simon Prunet , Christophe Pichon , Eric Thiébaut

Magnetic fields permeate the interstellar medium and are important in the star formation process. Determining the 3D magnetic fields of molecular clouds will allow us to better understand their role in the evolution of these clouds and…

Measuring field-aligned currents (FACs) using magnetic field observations provides a powerful means to probe the multi-scale interactions between the magnetosphere, ionosphere and thermosphere. In this study, we apply the curlometer…

Proton radiography is a technique extensively used to resolve magnetic field structures in high energy density plasmas, revealing a whole variety of interesting phenomena such as magnetic reconnection and collisionless shocks found in…

There is ample evidence for magnetic reconnection in the solar system, but it is a nontrivial task to visualize, to determine the proper approaches and frames to study, and in turn to elucidate the physical processes at work in reconnection…

To investigate the role of magnetic fields in the evolution of the interstellar medium, formation and evolution of molecular clouds, and ultimately the formation of stars, their three-dimensional (3D) magnetic fields must be probed.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-27 Mehrnoosh Tahani

Despite recent observational and theoretical advances in mapping the magnetic fields associated with molecular clouds, their three-dimensional (3D) morphology remains unresolved. Multi-wavelength and multi-scale observations will allow us…

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

The forthcoming new-generation radio telescope SKA (Square Kilometre Array) and its precursors will provide a rapidly growing number of polarized radio sources. Our analysis aims on what can be learned from these sources concerning the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Rodion Stepanov , Tigran G. Arshakian , Rainer Beck , Peter Frick , Marita Krause

We suggest a two-dimensional wavelet devised to deduce the large-scale structure of a physical field (e.g., the Galactic magnetic field) from its integrals along straight paths from irregularly spaced data points to a fixed interior point…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Stepanov , P. Frick , A. Shukurov , D. Sokoloff

Magnetic fields in the Milky Way are present on a wide variety of sizes and strengths, influencing many processes in the Galactic ecosystem such as star formation, gas dynamics, jets, and evolution of supernova remnants or pulsar wind…

The magnetic field in many astrophysical plasmas -- such as the Solar corona and Earth's magnetosphere -- has been shown to have a highly complex, three-dimensional structure. Recent advances in theory and computational simulations have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 D. I. Pontin

Magnetic fields, while ubiquitous in many astrophysical environments, are challenging to measure observationally. Based on the properties of anisotropy of eddies in magnetized turbulence, the Velocity Gradient Technique is a method…

The space mission STEREO will provide images from two viewpoints. An important aim of the STEREO mission is to get a 3D view of the solar corona. We develop a program for the stereoscopic reconstruction of 3D coronal loops from images taken…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Thomas Wiegelmann , Bernd Inhester
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