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Multifrequency polarimetric observations made with the Very Long Baseline Array of the quasar 3C216 reveal the presence of Faraday rotation measures (RMs) in excess of 2000 rad/m**2 in the source rest frame, in the arc of emission located…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Venturi , G. B. Taylor

Magnetic fields in galaxies are produced via the amplification of seed magnetic fields of unknown nature. The seed fields, which might exist in their initial form in the intergalactic medium, were never detected. We report a lower bound…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-21 Andrii Neronov , Ievgen Vovk

The origin of magnetic fields in the universe is an open problem. Seed magnetic fields possibly produced in early times may have survived up to the present day close to their original form, providing an untapped window to the primeval…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-09 Rafael Alves Batista , Andrey Saveliev

We present maps of total magnetic field using 'equipartition' assumptions for five nearby normal galaxies at sub-kpc spatial resolution. The mean magnetic field is found to be ~11 \mu G. The field is strongest near the central regions where…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Aritra Basu , Subhashis Roy

Using a recent catalogue of extragalactic Faraday rotation derived from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey we have found an agreement between Faraday rotation structure and the HI emission structure of a High Velocity Cloud (HVC) associated with the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 N. M. McClure-Griffiths , G. J. Madsen , B. M. Gaensler , D. McConnell , D. H. F. M. Schnitzeler

Telescope Array collaboration has reported an evidence for existence of a source of ultra-high-energy cosmic ray (UHECR) events in Perseus-Pisces supercluster. We show that the mere existence of such a source imposes an upper bound on the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-16 Andrii Neronov , Dmitri Semikoz , Oleg Kalashev

The study of the magnification bias produced on high-redshift sub-millimetre galaxies by foreground galaxies through the analysis of the cross-correlation function was recently demonstrated as an interesting independent alternative to the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 J. Gonzalez-Nuevo , M. M. Cueli , L. Bonavera , A. Lapi , M. Migliaccio , F. Argüeso , L. Toffolatti

We present initial results from the Polarisation Sky Survey of the Universe's Magnetism (POSSUM), analysing 22,817 Faraday Rotation Measures (RMs) with median uncertainties of 1.2 rad m^-2 across 1,520 square degrees to study magnetised gas…

The amplification of primordial magnetic fields via a small-scale turbulent dynamo during structure formation might be able to explain the observed magnetic fields in galaxy clusters. The magnetisation of more tenuous large-scale structures…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 F. Vazza , M. Brüggen , C. Gheller , P. Wang

Magnetism is one of the most important forces on the interstellar medium (ISM), anisotropically regulating the structure and star formation that drive galactic evolution. Recent high dynamic range observations of diffuse gas and molecular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-20 S. E. Clark , Carl Heiles , Tim Robishaw

We present multi-frequency polarization observations of the diffuse radio synchrotron background modulated by Faraday rotation, in two directions of positive latitude. No extended total intensity I is observed, which implies that total…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 M. Haverkorn , P. Katgert , A. G. de Bruyn

A framework is introduced for coupling the evolution of galactic magnetic fields sustained by the mean-field dynamo with the formation and evolution of galaxies in cold dark matter cosmology. Estimates of the steady-state strength of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Luiz Felippe S. Rodrigues , Anvar Shukurov , Andrew Fletcher , Carlton Baugh

Helical intergalactic magnetic fields at the $\sim 10^{-14}~{\rm G}$ level on $\sim 10~{\rm Mpc}$ length scales are indicated by current gamma ray observations. The existence of magnetic fields in cosmic voids and their non-trivial helicity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-15 Tanmay Vachaspati

Faraday rotation measurements of polarized extragalactic sources probe the Galactic magnetized, ionized interstellar medium. Rotation measures of these sources behind the inner Galactic plane are used to explore characteristics of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Marijke Haverkorn

(Abrigded) Observations of galaxies up to z 2 show a tight correlation between far-infrared and radio continuum emission. We explain the far-infrared - radio continuum correlation by relating star formation and magnetic field strength in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Dominik R. G. Schleicher , Rainer Beck

The observed magnetic field of microgauss strength in clusters of galaxies should induce the Faraday rotation effect on the linearly polarized cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation when the CMB radiation propagates through a cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Masahiro Takada , Hiroshi Ohno , Naoshi Sugiyama

Faraday rotation and synchrotron emission from extragalactic radio sources give evidence for the presence of magnetic fields extending over ~Mpc scales. However, the origin of these fields remains elusive. With new high-resolution grid…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-27 F. Vazza , G. Brunetti , M. Brüggen , A. Bonafede

The strengths of magnetic fields in interstellar gas clouds are obtained through observations of the circular polarization of spectral line radiation. Irregularities in this magnetic field may be present due to turbulence, waves or perhaps…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 W. D. Watson , D. S. Wiebe , R. M. Crutcher

Given the multiple energy loss mechanisms of cosmic ray electrons in galaxies, the tightness of the infrared - radio continuum correlation is surprising. We extended the analytical model of galactic disks of Vollmer et al. (2017) by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-02 B. Vollmer , M. Soida , J. Dallant

The influence of intergalactic magnetic fields on the strong gravitational lensing of blazar secondary gamma radiation is discussed. Currently, two cases of strong gravitational lensing of blazar gamma-radiation are known, where radiation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-25 Yury N. Eroshenko