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We present observations of a new group of structures in the diffuse Galactic ISM: slender, linear HI features we dub "fibers" that extend for many degrees at high Galactic latitude. To characterize and measure the extent and strength of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-06-19 S E Clark , J E G Peek , M E Putman

We present a joint analysis of HI absorption Zeeman measurements and the morphology of filamentary HI emission to investigate the three-dimensional structure of the magnetic field in the diffuse neutral interstellar medium (ISM). Our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-28 Marta Nowotka , Susan E. Clark , Blakesley Burkhart , Laura Fissel , Tao-Chung Ching , Timothy Robishaw , Carl Heiles

We present an analysis of the relationship between the orientation of magnetic fields and filaments that form in 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulations of cluster-forming, turbulent molecular cloud clumps. We examine simulated cloud clumps with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-21 Mikhail Klassen , Ralph E. Pudritz , Helen Kirk

Massive stars and their associated ionized (HII) regions could play a key role in the formation and evolution of filaments that host star formation. However, the properties of filaments that interact with H regions are still poorly known.…

We present evidence for scale-independent misalignment of interstellar dust filaments and magnetic fields. We estimate the misalignment by comparing millimeter-wave dust-polarization measurements from Planck with filamentary structures…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-01 Ari J. Cukierman , S. E. Clark , George Halal

Understanding the cold atomic hydrogen gas (HI) within cosmic filaments has the potential to pin down the relationship between the low density gas in the cosmic web and how the galaxies that lie within it grow using this material. We report…

The neutral hydrogen structure of high-velocity cloud A0 (at about -180 km/s) has been mapped with a 9.1 arcmin resolution. Gaussian decomposition of the profiles is used to separately map families of components defined by similarities in…

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We present findings of 3D filamentary structures in the Smith Cloud, a high-velocity cloud (HVC) located at $l=38^{\circ}$, $b=-13^{\circ}$. We use data from the Galactic Arecibo L-Band Feed Array \ion{H}{i} (GALFA-\ion{H}{i}) along with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-06 Colin Holm-Hansen , M. E. Putman , D. A. Kim

The relationship between submillimeter (submm) dust emission polarization and near-infrared (NIR) $H$-band polarization produced by dust dichroic extinction was studied for the cold starless dense core FeSt 1-457. The distribution of…

Filamentary structure is important for the ISM and star formation. Galactic distribution of filaments may regulate the star formation rate in the Milky Way. However, interstellar filaments are intrinsically complex, making it difficult to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-12 Ke Wang , Yifei Ge , Tapas Baug

Starlight that becomes linearly polarized by magnetically aligned dust grains provides a viable diagnostic of the interstellar magnetic field (ISMF). A survey is underway to map the local ISMF using data collected at eight observatories in…

Both simulations and observations of the interstellar medium show that the study of the relative orientations between filamentary structures and the magnetic field can bring new insight into the role played by magnetic fields in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-14 J. -S. Carrière , K. Ferrière , I. Ristorcelli , L. Montier

Large scale filaments, with lengths that can reach tens of Mpc, are the most prominent features in the cosmic web. These filaments have only been observed indirectly through the positions of galaxies in large galaxy surveys or through…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-07 Robin Kooistra , Marta B. Silva , Saleem Zaroubi

In diffuse molecular clouds, possible precursors of star-forming clouds, the effect of the magnetic field is unclear. In this work we compare the orientations of filamentary structures in the Polaris Flare, as seen through dust emission by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-24 G. V. Panopoulou , I. Psaradaki , K. Tassis

The large-scale structure of the Universe is characterised by a web-like structure made of voids, sheets, filaments, and knots. The structure of this so-called cosmic web is dictated by the local velocity shear tensor. In particular, the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 E. Tempel , N. I. Libeskind , Y. Hoffman , L. J. Liivamägi , A. Tamm

We discuss a high resolution (FWHM~ 0.45 arcsec) image of the emissive polarization from warm dust in the minispiral in the Galactic Centre and discuss the implications for the magnetic field in the dusty filaments. The image was obtained…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-01 P. F. Roche , E. Lopez-Rodriguez , C. M. Telesco , R. Schodel , C. Packham

We present a study of the line-of-sight magnetic fields in five large-diameter Galactic HII regions. Using the Faraday rotation of background polarized radio sources, as well as dust-corrected H-alpha surface brightness as a probe of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Lisa Harvey-Smith , Gregory J. Madsen , Bryan M. Gaensler

We present an overview of new HST imaging polarimetry of six nearby radio galaxies with optical jets. These observations triple the number of extragalactic jets with subarcsecond-resolution optical polarimetry. We discuss the polarization…