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The origin of magnetic fields in clusters of galaxies is still a matter of debate. Observations for intracluster magnetic fields over a wide range of redshifts are crucial to constrain possible scenarios for the origin and evolution of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-23 J. Xu , J. L. Han

To study the strength and structure of the magnetic field in the Galactic centre (GC) we measured Faraday rotation of the radio emission of pulsars which are seen towards the GC. Three of these pulsars have the largest rotation measures…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-04-20 D. H. F. M. Schnitzeler , R. P. Eatough , K. Ferrière , M. Kramer , K. J. Lee , A. Noutsos , R. M. Shannon

We present new 6 and 20 cm Very Large Array (VLA) observations of polarized continuum emission of roughly 0.5 square degrees of the Galactic center (GC) region. The 6 cm observations detect diffuse linearly-polarized emission throughout the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 C. J. Law , M. A. Brentjens , G. Novak

Strong singly-ionized magnesium (MgII) absorption lines in quasar spectra typically serve as a proxy for intervening galaxies along the line of sight. Previous studies have found a correlation between the number of these MgII absorbers and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-10-16 J. S. Farnes , S. P. O'Sullivan , M. E. Corrigan , B. M. Gaensler

Unveiling the intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) in filaments of galaxies is a very important and challenging subject in modern astronomy. In order to probe the IGMF from rotation measures (RMs) of extragalactic radio sources, we need to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Takuya Akahori , Kohei Kumazaki , Keitaro Takahashi , Dongsu Ryu

We present a numerical approach to investigate the relationship between magnetic fields and Faraday rotation effects in clusters of galaxies. We can infer the structure and strength of intra-cluster magnetic fields by comparing our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Murgia , F. Govoni , L. Feretti , G. Giovannini , D. Dallacasa , R. Fanti , G. B. Taylor , K. Dolag

We present 2-4 GHz observations of polarized radio galaxies towards eight fast radio bursts (FRBs), producing grids of Faraday rotation measure (RM) sources with sky densities of 9-28 polarized sources per square degree. Using a Bayesian…

(Abridged) This paper introduces the formalism which connects between rotation measure ($\RM$) measurements for extragalactic sources and the cosmological magnetic field power spectrum. It is shown that the amplitude and shape of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Tsafrir Kolatt

We examine the proposal that the dispersion measures (DMs) and Faraday rotation measures (RMs) of extragalactic linearly-polarized fast radio bursts (FRBs) can be used to probe the intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) in filaments of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-29 Takuya Akahori , Dongsu Ryu , B. M. Gaensler

Deriving the Faraday rotation measure (RM) of quasar absorption line systems, which are tracers of high-redshift galaxies intervening background quasars, is a powerful tool for probing magnetic fields in distant galaxies. Statistically…

To study some characteristics of the interstellar medium, observational data of pulsars with large Faraday rotation values (|RM|> 300 rad / m2) were used. It was suggested and justified that large |RM| values can be due to the contribution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-13 R. R. Andreasyan , H. R. Andreasyan , G. M. Paronyan

Magnetic fields in elliptical galaxies are poorly constrained due to a lack of significant synchrotron emission from them. This paper explores properties of magnetic fields in ellipticals via two methods. First, we exploit the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-09 Hilay Shah , Amit Seta

The goal of this work is to investigate the Faraday rotation measure (RM) of radio galaxies in hot galaxy clusters in order to establish a possible connection between the magnetic field strength and the gas temperature of the intracluster…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 F. Govoni , K. Dolag , M. Murgia , L. Feretti , S. Schindler , G. Giovannini , W. Boschin , V. Vacca , A. Bonafede

Understanding origin and evolution of cosmological magnetic fields requires knowledge of magnetic fields in different extragalactic environments. In this context, a powerful tool is the statistical analysis of the Faraday effect on the…

We construct a simple and robust approach for deriving constraints on magnetic fields in galaxy clusters from rotation measure (RM) maps. Relaxing the commonly used assumptions of a correlation between the magnetic field strength and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-09-19 Gilad Rave , Doron Kushnir , Eli Waxman

Elucidating the processes that shape the circumgalactic medium (CGM) is crucial for understanding galaxy evolution. Absorption and emission diagnostics can be interpreted using photoionization calculations to obtain information about the…

Magnetic fields play vital roles in intracluster media (ICMs), but estimating their strengths and distributions from observations is a major challenge. Faraday rotation measures (RMs) are widely applied to this task, so it is critical to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-29 Andrew Johnson , Lawrence Rudnick , Thomas Jones , Peter Mendygral , Klaus Dolag

We use the observed polarisation properties of a sample of 26 powerful radio galaxies and radio-loud quasars to constrain the conditions in the Faraday screens local to the sources. We adopt the cosmological redshift, low-frequency radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. A. Goodlet , C. R. Kaiser

The Galactic magnetic field is important in the dynamics of our Galaxy. It is believed to play a role in star formation and influence the structure of the Galaxy. In order to understand how the Galactic magnetic field originally formed or…

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

Magnetic fields are of critical importance for our understanding of the origin and long-term evolution of the Milky Way. This is due to their decisive role in the dynamical evolution of the interstellar medium (ISM) and their influence on…