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The angular distribution of low-frequency radiation after single scattering by an isotropic distribution of relativistic electrons considerably differs from the Rayleigh angular function. In particular, the scattering by an ensemble of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Sergei Y. Sazonov , Rashid A. Sunyaev

We apply a theory of wave propagation through a turbulent medium to the scattering of radio waves in pulsar magnetospheres. We find that under conditions of strong density modulation the effects of magnetospheric scintillations in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Maxim Lyutikov , Anuj Parikh

We have developed a modified form of the equations of smoothed particle magnetohydrodynamics which are stable in the presence of very steep density gradients. Using this formalism, we have performed simulations of the collapse of magnetised…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-29 Benjamin T. Lewis , Matthew R. Bate , Daniel J. Price

We derive exact expressions for the degree of lineal polarization over a resolved or integrated stellar disc due to resonance scattering and the Hanle effect from a dipolar or quadrupolar distribution of magnetic fields. We apply the theory…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 R. Manso Sainz , M. J. Martínez González

The geographic structure of radiation dose rates at aircraft altitudes in Earth's atmosphere during the irradiation of Earth by proton spectra from incoming solar particle events is examined using the recently developed MAIRE+ software.…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-12-19 Christopher S. W. Davis , Keith Ryden , Fan Lei , Ben Clewer , Alex Hands , Clive Dyer

With the recent discoveries of hundreds of extrasolar planets, the search for planets like Earth and life in the universe, is quickly gaining momentum. In the future, large space observatories could directly detect the light scattered from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. Palle , Eric B. Ford , S. Seager , P. Montanes-Rodriguez , M. Vazquez

It is generally assumed that magnetic fields play an important role in the formation and evolution of protoplanetary disks. One way of observationally constraining magnetic fields is to measure polarized emission and absorption produced by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-04 Stefan Heese , Sebastian Wolf

Magnetic data from GOES geosynchronous satellites were applied for statistical study of the low-latitude dayside magnetopause under a strong interplanetary magnetic field of southward orientation when the reconnection at the magnetopause…

Space Physics · Physics 2013-02-18 A. Dmitriev , A. Suvorova

Magnetic wave perturbations are observed in the solar wind and in the vicinity of Earth's bow shock. For such environments, recent work on magnetic pumping with electrons trapped in the magnetic perturbations have demonstrated the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-03-17 J. Egedal , J. Schroeder , E. Lichko

We utilize simulations of spin-polarized electron scattering by a chain of localized quantum spins to show that energy and linear momentum conservation laws impose strong constraints on the properties of magnetic excitations induced by spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-11 Alexander Mitrofanov , Sergei Urazhdin

We study the acceleration of charged particles by ultra-relativistic shocks using test-particle Monte-Carlo simulations. Two field configurations are considered: (i) shocks with uniform upstream magnetic field in the plane of the shock, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-15 Zhi-Qiu Huang , Brian Reville , John G. Kirk , Gwenael Giacinti

Freely oriented small anisotropic grains and molecules depolarize radiation both in single scattering and in the process of multiple scattering. Especially large depolarization occurs for resonant scattering corresponding to the electron…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 N. A. Silant'ev , G. A. Alekseeva , V. V. Novikov

The magnetic activity of a star -- which modulates the stellar wind outflow -- shapes the immediate environments of orbiting planets and induces atmospheric loss thereby impacting their habitability. We perform a detailed parameter space…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-09 Sakshi Gupta , Arnab Basak , Dibyendu Nandy

Studies of the three-dimensional (3D) structures of galactic magnetic fields are now entering a new era, with broadband, highly sensitive radio observations and new analysis methods. To reveal the magnetic field configuration from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-07 Yuta Tashima , Takumi Ohmura , Mami Machida

Although the spectral lines of hydrogen contain valuable information on the physical properties of a variety of astrophysical plasmas, including the upper solar chromosphere, relatively little is known about their scattering polarization…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-22 Jiri Stepan , Javier Trujillo Bueno

Three giant flares have been detected so far from soft gamma-ray repeaters, each characterized by an initial short hard spike and a pulsating tail. The observed pulsating tails are characterized by a duration of $\sim100\,\rm{s}$, an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-16 Yuan-Pei Yang , Bing Zhang

The details of trajectories of charged particles become increasingly important for proper understanding of processes of formation of radiation in strong and curved magnetic fields. Because of damping of the perpendicular component of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-01-23 A. Yu. Prosekin , S. R. Kelner , F. A. Aharonian

The impact of the short-range interaction on the resonances occurrence in the anisotropic dipolar scattering in a plane was numerically investigated for the arbitrarily oriented dipoles and for a wide range of collision energies. We…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-11-17 Eugene A. Koval , Oksana A. Koval

The configuration and evolution of the magnetic field in star-forming cores are investigated in order to directly compare simulations and observations. We prepare four different initial clouds having different magnetic field strengths and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Akimasa Kataoka , Masahiro N. Machida , Kohji Tomisaka

We report the detection of polarized emission in the vicinity of the Galactic center for 158 positions within eight different pointings of the Hertz polarimeter operating on the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory. These pointings include…