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Synchrotron observation serves as a tool for studying magnetic fields in the interstellar medium and intracluster medium, yet its ability to unveil three-dimensional (3D) magnetic fields, meaning probing the field'splane-of-the-sky (POS)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-10 Yue Hu , Alex Lazarian

We describe a new technique for probing galactic and extragalactic 2D and 3D magnetic field distribution using gradients of polarized synchrotron emission. The fluctuations of magnetic field are elongated along the ambient magnetic field.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-10 A. Lazarian , Ka Ho Yuen

Considering the spatially separated polarization radiation and Faraday rotation regions to simulate complex interstellar media, we study synchrotron polarization gradient techniques' measurement capabilities. We explore how to trace the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-14 Ru-Yue Wang , Jian-Fu Zhang , Alex Lazarian , Hua-Ping Xiao , Fu-Yuan Xiang

Due to the inevitable accumulation of the observed information in the direction of the line of sight, it is difficult to measure the local magnetic field of MHD turbulence. However, the correct understanding of the local magnetic field is a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-27 Jian-Fu Zhang , Ke Hu , Jungyeon Cho , Alex Lazarian

We employ synthetic observations obtained with MHD simulations to study how to trace the distribution of turbulent magnetic fields using the synchrotron polarization gradient techniques suggested by Lazarian \& Yuen (2018). Both synchrotron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-15 Jian-Fu Zhang , Alex Lazarian , Ka Wai Ho , Ka Ho Yuen , Bo Yang , Yue Hu

Direct measurements of three-dimensional magnetic fields in the interstellar medium (ISM) are not achievable. However, the anisotropic nature of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence provides a novel way of tracing the magnetic fields.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-14 Yue Hu , A. Lazarian , Siyao Xu

Observations of synchrotron polarization at multiple frequencies in the presence of Faraday rotation can provide a way to reconstruct the 3D magnetic field distribution. In this paper we compare the well known Faraday Tomography (FT, Burn…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Ka Wai Ho , Ka Ho Yuen , Po Kin Leung , A. Lazarian

We investigate the problem of probing the local spatial structure of the magnetic field of the interstellar medium using multi-frequency polarized maps of the synchrotron emission at radio wavelengths. We focus in this paper on the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Jerome Thiebaut , Simon Prunet , Christophe Pichon , Eric Thiébaut

We consider turbulent synchrotron emitting media that also exhibits Faraday rotation and provide a statistical description of synchrotron polarization fluctuations. In particular, we consider these fluctuations as a function of the spatial…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-09 Alex Lazarian , Dmitri Pogosyan

This paper studies how to employ synchrotron emission gradient techniques to reveal the properties of the magnetic field within the interstellar media. Based on data cubes of three-dimensional numerical simulations of magnetohydrodynamic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Jian-Fu Zhang , Qian Liu , Alex Lazarian

Polarized dust emission is widely used to trace the plane-of-the-sky (POS) component of interstellar magnetic fields in two dimensions. Its potential to access three-dimensional magnetic fields, including the inclination angle of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-04 Yue Hu , A. Lazarian

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

Observational studies of magnetic fields are crucial. We introduce a process "ground state alignment" as a new way to determine the magnetic field direction in diffuse medium. The alignment is due to anisotropic radiation impinging on the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-02-15 Huirong Yan , A. Lazarian

Magnetohydrodynamic(MHD) turbulence displays velocity anisotropies which reflect the direction of the magnetic field. This anisotropy has led to the development of a number of statistical techniques for studying magnetic fields in the…

Observational studies of magnetic fields are vital as magnetic fields play a crucial role in various astrophysical processes, including star formation, accretion of matter, transport processes (e.g., transport of heat), and cosmic rays. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 Huirong Yan , A. Lazarian

We discuss a new technique of studying magnetic fields in diffuse astrophysical media, e.g. interstellar and intergalactic gas/plasma. This technique is based on the angular momentum alignment of atoms and ions in their ground or metastable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-24 Huirong Yan , A. Lazarian

Observational study of galactic magnetic fields is hampered by the fact that the observables only probe various projections of the magnetic fields. Comparison with numerical simulations is helpful to understand the real structures, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-14 Mami Machida , Takuya Akahori , Kenji Nakamura Hiroyuki Nakanishi , Marijke Haverkorn

We propose and demonstrate an experimental implementation for the observation of magnetic fields from spatial features of absorption profiles in a warm atomic vapor. A radially polarized vector beam that traverses an atomic vapor will…

Magnetic fields are ubiquitous in the universe and are thought to play an important role in various astrophysical processes. Polarization of thermal dust emission from dust grains aligned with the magnetic field is widely used to measure…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-20 Thiem Hoang , Bao Truong

On the basis of the modern understanding of MHD turbulence, we propose a new way of using synchrotron radiation, namely using synchrotron intensity gradients for tracing astrophysical magnetic fields. We successfully test the new technique…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-21 A. Lazarian , Ka Ho Yuen , Hyeseung Lee , Jungyeon Cho
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