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Galaxy formation models predict that local galaxies are surrounded by hot X-ray-emitting halos, which are technically difficult to detect due to their extended and low surface brightness nature. Previous X-ray studies have mostly focused on…

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We investigate the stellar disk properties of a sample of 19 nearby spiral galaxies with low inclination and late Hubble type (Scd or later). We combine our high-resolution HST I-band observations with existing ground-based optical images…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Torsten Boeker , Rebecca Stanek , Roeland P. van der Marel

We present low frequency observations at $315$ and $745$ MHz from the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) of the edge-on, nearby galaxy NGC $4631$. We compare the observed surface brightness profiles along the minor axis of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-09 Aditi Vijayan , K. S. Dwarakanath , Biman B. Nath , Ruta Kale

Magnetic fields play essential roles in protoplanetary disks. Magnetic fields in the disk atmosphere are of particular interest, as they are connected to the wind-launching mechanism. In this work, we study the polarization of the light…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-24 Haifeng Yang , Zhi-Yun Li

The Virgo cluster of galaxies provides excellent conditions for studying interactions of galaxies with the cluster environment. Both the high-velocity tidal interactions and effects of ram pressure stripping by the intracluster gas can be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 M. Wezgowiec , M. Urbanik , R. Beck , K. T. Chyzy , M. Soida

We present the first data release of the Survey on extragALactic magnetiSm with SOFIA (SALSA Legacy Program) with a set of 14 nearby ($<20$ Mpc) galaxies with resolved imaging polarimetric observations using HAWC+ from $53$ to $214$ $\mu$m…

Recent HI observations reveal that the discs of spiral galaxies are surrounded by extended gaseous haloes. This extra-planar gas reaches large distances (several kpc) from the disc and shows peculiar kinematics (low rotation and inflow). We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Filippo Fraternali , James Binney

We present Herschel far-infrared and submillimeter maps of the debris disk associated with the HR 8799 planetary system. We resolve the outer disk emission at 70, 100, 160 and 250 um and detect the disk at 350 and 500 um. A smooth model…

We search for observational signatures of magnetic helicity in data from all-sky radio polarization surveys of the Milky Way Galaxy. Such a detection would help confirm the dynamo origin of the field and may provide new observational…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 J. L. West , R. N. Henriksen , K. Ferrière , A. Woodfinden , T. Jaffe , B. M. Gaensler , J. A. Irwin

The slow particle diffusion in pulsar halos, inferred from TeV gamma-ray surface brightness profiles, is attributed to cross-field diffusion under the anisotropic diffusion model. This model assumes sub-Alfv\'enic interstellar turbulence in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-17 Kai Yan , Sha Wu , Ruo-Yu Liu

Linear polarization of diffuse Galactic emission is a signature of magnetic fields in the interstellar medium of our Galaxy. Observations at high frequencies are less affected by Faraday depolarization than those at lower frequencies and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 L. Xiao , J. L. Han , W. Reich , X. H. Sun , R. Wielebinski , P. Reich , H. Shi , O. Lochner

We present deep maps of dust emission from the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891, obtained with the ISOPHOT instrument on board the Infrared Space Observatory in broad band filters with reference wavelengths centered on 170 and 200 micron.…

We present a new procedure to fit non-axisymmetric flow patterns to 2-D velocity maps of spiral galaxies. We concentrate on flows caused by bar-like or oval distortions to the total potential that may arise either from a non-axially…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Kristine Spekkens , J. A. Sellwood

The opacity of spiral galaxies is examined by modelling the dust and stellar content of individual galaxies. The model is applied to five late-type spiral galaxies (NGC 4013, IC 2531, UGC 1082, NGC 5529 and NGC 5907). Having analyzed a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 E. M. Xilouris , Y. I. Byun , N. D. Kylafis , E. V. Paleologou , J. Papamastorakis

We conducted a Very Large Array survey of eleven low luminosity active galactic nuclei for linear and circular polarization at 8.4 GHz. We detected circular polarization in one source (M81*) and linear polarization in 3 sources. Sensitivity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Geoffrey C. Bower , Heino Falcke , Richard R. Mellon

Radio quasar sightlines with strong MgII absorption lines display statistically enhanced Faraday Rotation Measures (RM) indicating the presence of additional magneto-active plasma with respect to sightlines free of such absorption. In this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 M. L. Bernet , F. Miniati , S. J. Lilly

The astrometric sample of Gaia allows us to study the outermost Galactic disc, the halo and their interface. It is precisely at the very edge of the disc where the effects of external perturbations are expected to be the most noticeable.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-02-17 P. Ramos , T. Antoja , C. Mateu , F. Anders , C. F. P. Laporte , J. A. Carballo-Bello , B. Famaey , R. Ibata

I present sensitive high resolution HI VLA B+C+D array observations of the edge-on Scd galaxy NGC 4244. The gas layer of NGC 4244 is rather symmetric in all respects, i.e. the surface density distribution, flaring and warping, so that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Rob P. Olling

Magnetic fields are ubiquitous in the Universe. Recently, cosmological simulations of galaxies have successfully begun to incorporate magnetic fields and their evolution in galaxies and their haloes. However, so far they have mostly focused…

Near-infrared images of the prototype LINER / Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 1097 observed with the Very Large Telescope (VLT) using adaptive optics disclose with unprecedented detail a complex central network of filamentary structure spiralling down…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. A. Prieto , W. Maciejewski , J. Reunanen