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Cosmic magnetic fields are an integral component of the interstellar medium (ISM), having influence on scales ranging from star formation to galactic dynamics. While observations of external galaxies offer a `birds-eye-view' of magnetic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-12-15 Jo-Anne Brown

Observations suggest a slower stellar rotation relative to gas rotation in the outer part of the Milky Way Galaxy. This difference could be attributed to an interaction with the interstellar magnetic field. In a simple model, fields of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-21 Joanna Jałocha , Łukasz Bratek , Jan Pękala , Szymon Sikora , Marek Kutschera

(Abridged) We use new multi-wavelength radio observations, made with the VLA and Effelsberg telescopes, to study the magnetic field of the nearby galaxy M51 on scales from $200\pc$ to several $\kpc$. Interferometric and single dish data are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. Fletcher , R. Beck , A. Shukurov , E. M. Berkhuijsen , C. Horellou

We study the properties of magnetic fields in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of $z<1$ galaxies by correlating Faraday rotation measures of $\sim 1,000$ high-redshift radio sources with the foreground galaxy number density estimated from…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-24 Ting-Wen Lan , J. Xavier Prochaska

We present multi-frequency polarization observations of the diffuse radio synchrotron background modulated by Faraday rotation. No total intensity is observed, indicating that total intensity does not vary on scales below approximately a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Haverkorn , P. Katgert , A. G. de Bruyn

We improve on the model of the Galactic Magnetic Field (GMF) from Jansson \& Farrar (2012), which was constrained using all-sky rotation measures of extragalactic sources and polarized and unpolarized synchrotron emission data from WMAP. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-14 Michael Unger , Glennys R. Farrar

The technique of Faraday tomography is a key tool for the study of magnetised plasmas in the new era of broadband radio polarisation observations. In particular, observations at metre-wavelengths provide significantly better Faraday depth…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-03 Shane P. O'Sullivan , M. Brüggen , C. L. Van Eck , M. J. Hardcastle , M. Haverkorn , T. W. Shimwell , C. Tasse , V. Vacca , C. Horellou , G. Heald

Context: Cosmic-ray propagation is strongly dependent on the large-scale configuration of the Galactic magnetic field. In particular, the Galactic center (GC) region provides highly interesting cosmic-ray data from gamma-ray maps and it is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-04 Mehmet Guenduez , Julia Becker Tjus , Katia Ferrière , Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar

Recently, Sun et al. (2008) published new Galactic 3D-models of magnetic fields in the disk and halo of the Milky Way and the distribution of cosmic-ray electron density by taking into account the thermal electron density model NE2001 by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Xiaohui Sun , Wolfgang Reich

We present a distance-resolved reconstruction of the local line-of-sight Galactic magnetic field, $B_{||}$, by combining a 3D electron density ($n_{e}$) map derived from dust map-informed simulations and a full-sky map of Faraday rotation…

Wu et al. (2009) suggested an empirical relation between the magnetic field strength along the line of sight (LOS) and the dispersion of Faraday rotation measure (RM) distribution in turbulent media with root-mean-square sonic Mach number…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-03-03 Qingwen Wu , Jongsoo Kim , Dongsu Ryu

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

This chapter presents a review of observational studies to determine the magnetic field in the Milky Way, both in the disk and in the halo, focused on recent developments and on magnetic fields in the diffuse interstellar medium. I discuss…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Marijke Haverkorn

The magnetic field structure of the Milky Way can offer critical insights into the origin of galactic magnetic fields. Measurements of magnetic structures of the Milky Way are still sparse in far regions of the Galactic disk and halo.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-29 Jun Xu , J. L. Han , Weicong Jing , The SKA Pulsar Science Working Group

The all-sky survey of Faraday rotation, a Key Science Project of the planned Square Kilometre Array, will accumulate tens of millions of rotation measure measurements toward background radio sources and will provide a unique database for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Rainer Beck

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

Using the linearly polarized intensity and polarization angle data at 3.6, 6.2 and 20 cm, we determine variations of Faraday rotation and depolarization across the nearby galaxy M33. A 3-D model of the regular magnetic field is fitted to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 F. S. Tabatabaei , M. Krause , A. Fletcher , R. Beck

[ABRIDGED] The knowledge of the regular component of the Galactic magnetic field gives important information about the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way, as well as constitutes a basic tool to determine cosmic rays trajectories. It…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 B. Ruiz-Granados , J. A. Rubino-Martin , E. Battaner

(Abridged) Based on the rapidly increasing all-sky data of Faraday rotation measures and polarised synchrotron radiation, the Milky Way's magnetic field is now modelled with an unprecedented level of detail and complexity. We aim to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-17 Oliver Gressel , Detlef Elstner , Udo Ziegler

We determined Faraday rotation measures (RMs) towards 137 pulsars in the northern sky, using Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) observations at 110-190 MHz. This low-frequency RM catalogue, the largest to date, improves the precision of existing…

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