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Observational evidence for strong magnetic fields throughout the envelopes of evolved stars is increasing. Many of the instruments coming on line in the near-future will be able to make further contributions to this field. Specifically,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-07 Wouter Vlemmings

Despite their ubiquity, the origin of cosmic magnetic fields remains unknown. Various mechanisms have been proposed for their existence including primordial fields generated by inflation, or amplification and injection by compact…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 Harley Katz , Sergio Martin-Alvarez , Julien Devriendt , Adrianne Slyz , Taysun Kimm

Using high-resolution magnetohydrodynamic simulations of idealized, non-cosmological galaxies, we investigate how cooling, star formation, and stellar feedback affect galactic magnetic fields. We find that the amplification histories,…

Possible origins of the magnetic fields of neutron stars include inheritance from the main sequence progenitor and dynamo action at some stage of evolution of progenitor. Inheritance is not sufficient to explain the fields of magnetars.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 H. C. Spruit

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

In this paper we show that the Universe is already strongly magnetized at very early epochs during cosmic evolution. Our calculations are based on the efficient amplification of weak magnetic seed fields, which are unavoidably present in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-09 Jacques M. Wagstaff , Robi Banerjee , Dominik Schleicher , Guenter Sigl

The presence of magnetic fields in the early universe affects the cosmological processes, leading to the distinct signature, which allows constraining their properties and the genesis mechanisms. In this study, we revisit the method to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-13 Ashu Kushwaha , Teruaki Suyama

We present our current understanding of the formation and early evolution of protostars, protoplanetary disks, and the driving of outflows as dictated by the interplay of magnetic fields and partially ionized gas in molecular cloud cores.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-29 Yusuke Tsukamoto , Anaëlle Maury , Benoît Commerçon , Felipe O. Alves , Erin G. Cox , Nami Sakai , Tom Ray , Bo Zhao , Masahiro N. Machida

The generation of a magnetic field in the Early Universe is considered, due to the gravitational production of the Z-boson field during inflation. Scaled to the epoch of galaxy formation this magnetic field suffices to trigger the galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 Konstantinos Dimopoulos

Truncated abstract: The formation of a protostellar disc is a natural outcome during the star formation process. As gas in a molecular cloud core collapses under self-gravity, the angular momentum of the gas will slow its collapse on small…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-18 James Wurster , Zhi-Yun Li

Observations of Faraday rotation and synchrotron emission in galaxy clusters imply large-scale magnetic fields with $\mu\mathrm{G}$ strengths possibly extending back to $z=4$. Non-radiative cosmological simulations of galaxy clusters show a…

Magnetic fields are amplified as a consequence of galaxy formation and turbulence-driven dynamos. Galaxy mergers can potentially amplify the magnetic fields from their progenitors, making the magnetic fields dynamically important. However,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-05 Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez

We develop an analytical model to follow the cosmological evolution of magnetic fields in disk galaxies. Our assumption is that fields are amplified from a small seed field via magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) turbulence. We further assume that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Stanislav Shabala , James M. G. Mead , Paul Alexander

We propose that the overlapping shock fronts from young supernova remnants produce a locally unsteady, but globally steady large scale spiral shock front in spiral galaxies, where star formation and therefore massive star explosions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter L. Biermann , Cristina F. Galea

About 10% of hot stars host a fossil magnetic field on the pre-main sequence and main sequence. However, the first magnetic evolved hot stars have been discovered only recently. An observing program has been set up to find more such…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-14 C. Neiner , A. Martin , G. Wade , M. Oksala

Stars are, generically, rotating and magnetised objects with a misalignment between their magnetic and rotation axes. Since a magnetic field induces a permanent distortion to its host, it provides effective rigidity even to a fluid star,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-23 S. K. Lander , D. I. Jones

We investigate the build-up of the galactic dynamo and subsequently the origin of a magnetic driven outflow. We use a setup of an isolated disc galaxy with a realistic circum-galactic medium (CGM). We find good agreement of the galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-01 Ulrich P. Steinwandel , Klaus Dolag , Harald Lesch , Benjamin P. Moster , Andreas Burkert , Almudena Prieto

Galactic magnetic fields are observed of order $\sim 10^{-6}G$, but their origin is not definitely known yet. In this paper we consider the primordial magnetic fields generated in the early universe and analyse their effects on the density…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Seoktae Koh , Chul H. Lee

Primordial magnetic fields are often thought to be the early Universe seeds that have bloomed into what we observe today as galactic and extra-galactic magnetic fields. Owing to their minuscule strength, primordial magnetic fields are very…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-11 Sabir Ramazanov , Federico R. Urban , Alexander Vikman

We investigate the evolution of magnetic fields in galaxy clusters starting from constant primordial fields using highly resolved ($\approx \rm 4 ~kpc$) cosmological MHD simulations. The magnetic fields in our sample exhibit amplification…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 Paola Domínguez-Fernández , Franco Vazza , Marcus Brüggen , Gianfranco Brunetti