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Nuclear rings at the centers of barred galaxies are known to be strongly magnetized. To explore the effects of magnetic fields on star formation in these rings and nuclear gas flows, we run magnetohydrodynamic simulations in which there is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-04-13 Sanghyuk Moon , Woong-Tae Kim , Chang-Goo Kim , Eve C. Ostriker

Observations of magnetism in very low mass stars recently made important progress, revealing characteristics that are now to be understood in the framework of dynamo theory. In parallel, there is growing evidence that dynamo processes in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 J. Morin , E. Dormy , M. Schrinner , J. -F. Donati

We have studied the generation of magnetic fields by the Biermann mechanism in the pair-instability supernovae explosions of the first stars. The Biermann mechanism produces magnetic fields in the shocked region between the bubble and…

Magnetic fields are found in many astrophysical objects, ranging from galaxy clusters to the interstellar medium of galaxies and neutron stars. Strong magnetic fields are also observed in massive stars, but it is still unclear how they are…

Magnetic fields play a vital role in numerous astrophysical processes such as star formation and the interstellar medium. In particular, their role in the formation and evolution of galaxies is not well understood. This paper presents…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-10 Huai-Hsuan Chiu , Ke-Jung Chen

The origin and evolution of magnetic fields in the Universe is still an open question. Their observations in galaxies suggest strong magnetic fields already at high redshift as well as at present time. However, neither primordial magnetic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-21 Michael Rieder , Romain Teyssier

Star-forming dwarf galaxies can be seen as the local proxies of the high-redshift building blocks of more massive galaxies according to the current paradigm of the hierarchical galaxy formation. They are low-mass objects, and therefore…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 H. Siejkowski , K. Otmianowska-Mazur , M. Soida , D. J. Bomans , M. Hanasz

Nascent neutron stars with millisecond periods and magnetic fields in excess of $10^{16}$ Gauss can drive highly energetic and asymmetric explosions known as magnetar-powered supernovae. These exotic explosions are one theoretical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-22 Ke-Jung Chen , Takashi J. Moriya , Stan Woosley , Tuguldur Sukhbold , Daniel J. Whalen , Yudai Suwa , Volker Bromm

We examine the hypothesis that magnetic fields are inflating the radii of fully convective main sequence stars in detached eclipsing binaries (DEBs). The magnetic Dartmouth stellar evolution code is used to analyze two systems in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Gregory A. Feiden , Brian Chaboyer

We investigate generation processes of magnetic fields around first stars. Since the first stars are expected to form anisotropic ionization fronts in the surrounding clumpy media, magnetic fields are generated by effects of radiation force…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Kentaro Doi , Hajime Susa

The origin and evolution of magnetic fields of neutron stars from birth has long been a source of debate. Here, motivated by recent simulations of the Hall cascade with magnetic helicity, we invoke a model where the large-scale magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-27 Nikhil Sarin , Axel Brandenburg , Brynmor Haskell

Magnetic fields appear to be present in all galaxies and galaxy clusters. Recent measurements indicate that a weak magnetic field may be present even in the smooth low density intergalactic medium. One explanation for these observations is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Smadar Naoz , Ramesh Narayan

The observed timing data, magnetic tilt angle $\chi$, and age of young pulsars could be used to probe some important issues about neutron star (NS) physics, e.g., the NS internal magnetic field configuration, and the number of precession…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-01 Yu-Long Yan , Quan Cheng , Xiao-Ping Zheng

We investigate the previously unexplored role of magnetic fields in the formation of second-generation (SG) stars in proto-globular clusters (GCs) using 3D radiation-magnetohydrodynamical simulations. This study is based on the asymptotic…

At the end of their birth process, neutron stars can be subject to a magnetorotational instability in which a conversion of kinetic energy of differential rotation into radiation and kinetic energies is expected to occur at the Alfv\'en…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-18 Ricardo Heras

The loss of angular momentum due to unstable r-modes in hot young neutron stars has been proposed as a mechanism for achieving the spin rates inferred for young pulsars. One factor that could have a significant effect on the action of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Anna. L. Watts , Nils. Andersson

We discuss the amplification of magnetic fields by the small-scale dynamo, a process that could efficiently produce strong magnetic fields in the first galaxies. In addition, we derive constraints on the primordial field strength from the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-14 Dominik R. G. Schleicher , Jennifer Schober , Christoph Federrath , Francesco Miniati , Robi Banerjee , Ralf S. Klessen

Recent FERMI observations provide a lower limit of 10^{-15} G for the magnetic field strength in the intergalactic medium (IGM). This is consistent with theoretical expectations based on the Biermann battery effect, which predicts such IGM…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-18 Dominik R. G. Schleicher , Sharanya Sur , Robi Banerjee , Ralf S. Klessen , Christoph Federrath , Tigran Arshakian , Rainer Beck , Marco Spaans

The dynamics of star forming gas can be affected by many physical processes, such as turbulence, gravity, supernova explosions, and magnetic fields. In this paper, we investigate several nearby star forming regions (Orion, Upper Sco,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-31 Benjamin N. Velguth , Yuan Li , Trung Ha , Yue Hu , Marina Kounkel , Siyao Xu , Robert Gutermuth , Hui Li , Martin D. Weinberg

The merger of binary neutron stars (BNSs) can lead to large amplifications of the magnetic field due to the development of turbulence and instabilities in the fluid, such as the Kelvin-Helmholtz shear instability, which drive small-scale…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-09 Bruno Giacomazzo , Jonathan Zrake , Paul Duffell , Andrew I. MacFadyen , Rosalba Perna