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As a novel approach for tracing interstellar magnetic fields, the Velocity Gradient Technique (VGT) has been proven to be effective for probing magnetic fields in the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM). In this work, we verify the VGT in a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-01-26 Mingrui Liu , Yue Hu , Alex Lazarian

The Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) is the largest concentration of dense molecular gas in the Galaxy, the structure of which is shaped by the complex interplay between Galactic-scale dynamics and extreme physical conditions.…

The Galactic center is the closest region in which we can study star formation under extreme physical conditions like those in high-redshift galaxies. We measure the temperature of the dense gas in the central molecular zone (CMZ) and…

Molecular gas is believed to be the fuel for star formation and nuclear activity in Seyfert galaxies. To explore the role of magnetic fields in funneling molecular gas into the nuclear region, measurements of the magnetic fields embedded in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-21 Yue Hu , Alex Lazarian , Rainer Beck , Siyao Xu

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 gradient technique is a promising tool with theoretical foundations based on the fundamental properties of MHD turbulence and turbulent reconnection. Its various incarnations use spectroscopic, synchrotron, and intensity data to trace…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-04 Alex Lazarian , Ka Ho Yuen , Dmitri Pogosyan

The mapping of the Galactic Magnetic Field (GMF) in three dimensions is essential to comprehend various astrophysical processes that occur within the Milky Way. This study endeavors to map the GMF by utilizing the latest MM2 technique, the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-12 Yue Hu , Alex Lazarian

The Central Molecular Zone (CMZ; inner $\sim{}200~\rm{}pc$) of the Milky Way is a star formation (SF) environment with very extreme physical properties. Exploration of SF in this region is important because (i) this region allows us to test…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-12 Jens Kauffmann , Thushara Pillai , Qizhou Zhang , Karl M. Menten , Paul F. Goldsmith , Xing Lu , Andrés E. Guzmán

Being one of the most abundant atomic/molecular species observed in dense molecular gas, atomic carbon ($\mathrm{C}^0$) is a potential good tracer of molecular gas mass in many chemical/physical environments, though the $\mathrm{C^0}$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-21 Kunihiko Tanaka , Makoto Nagai , Kazuhisa Kamegai

The Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) of the Milky Way is fed by gas inflows from the Galactic disk along almost radial trajectories aligned with the major axis of the Galactic bar. However, despite being fundamental to all processes in the…

The Central Molecular Zone (CMZ), located in the centre of the Milky Way, is a roughly cylindrical structure of molecular gas extending up to parsecs around the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. The average H2 ionisation rate in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-05 Sruthiranjani Ravikularaman , Sarah Recchia , Vo Hong Minh Phan , Stefano Gabici

We have observed the central 45' region of the Galaxy at 620 MHz band of the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) in radio continuum, and measured the polarisation properties of 64 small diameter background extragalactic sources seen…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Subhashis Roy

We showcase a study on the physical properties of the Circumnuclear Disk surrounding the Sgr A* of the Galactic Center, emphasizing the role of magnetic field (B field) with 0.47 pc spatial resolution, based on the sensitive {\lambda} = 850…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-09 Kazuki Sato , Hiroko Shinnaga , Ray S. Furuya , Takeru K. Suzuki , Kensuke Kakiuchi , Jürgen Ott

We study the magnetic field structures in six giant filaments associated with the spiral arms of the Milky Way by applying the Velocity Gradient technique (VGT) to the 13CO spectroscopic data from GRS, Fugin, and SEDIGSM surveys. Compared…

A great deal of study has been carried out over the last twenty years on the origin of the magnetic activity in the Galactic center. One of the most popular hypotheses assumes milli-Gauss magnetic field with poloidal geometry, pervading the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stanislav Boldyrev , Farhad Yusef-Zadeh

We present a map of the major part of the central molecular zone (CMZ) of simultaneous observations in the NH3 (J,K) = (1,1) and (2,2) lines using the Kagoshima 6-m telescope. The mapped area is -1.000 < l < 1.625 deg, -0.375 < b < +0.250…

Probing magnetic fields in Giant Molecular Clouds is often challenging. Fortunately, recently simulations show that analysis of velocity gradients (the Velocity Gradient Technique) can be used to map out the magnetic field morphology of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-06 Yue Hu , Ka Ho Yuen , A. Lazarian , Laura M. Fissel , P. A. Jones , M. R. Cunningham

Polarisation observations of masers in the circumstellar envelopes (CSEs) around Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) stars have revealed strong magnetic fields. However, masers probe only specific lines-of-sight through the CSE. Non-masing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-19 W. H. T. Vlemmings , B. Lankhaar , L. Velilla-Prieto