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Magnetic fields play a fundamental role in protostellar collapse and disk formation, yet direct measurements of magnetic field strength in deeply embedded protostellar envelopes remain difficult. We present a new method to estimate both the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-24 Yisheng Tu , Xiaoyuan Yang , Zhi-Yun Li

Observations of periodic stellar activity near the transit phase of a close-in exoplanet provide evidence of star-planet magnetic interactions (SPMI), similar to the magnetic coupling between Jupiter and its moons. Comparing the power…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-08 Andrés Presa , Aline A. Vidotto , Filip Elekes

The extent to which a magnetosphere protects its planetary atmosphere from stellar wind ablation depends upon how well it prevents energy and momentum exchange with the atmosphere and how well it traps otherwise escaping plasma. We focus on…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 Eric G. Blackman , John A. Tarduno

We present scaling laws for advection, radiation, magnetic drag and ohmic dissipation in the atmospheres of hot giant exoplanets. In the limit of weak thermal ionization, ohmic dissipation increases with the planetary equilibrium…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Kristen Menou

We use three dimensional radiation magneto-hydrodynamic simulations to study the effects of magnetic fields on the energy transport and structure of radiation pressure dominated main sequence massive star envelopes at the region of the iron…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-19 Yan-Fei Jiang , Matteo Cantiello , Lars Bildsten , Eliot Quataert , Omer Blaes

It is assumed that long range coherent magnetic fields in the universe were spontaneously generated at high temperature due to vacuum polarization of non-Abelian gauge fields, and resulted in the present intergalaxy magnetic field. The zero…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-06-27 E. Elizalde , V. Skalozub

A substantial fraction of the known neutron stars resides in X-ray binaries -- systems in which one compact object accretes matter from a companion star. Neutron stars in X-ray binaries have magnetic fields among the highest found in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Mikhail Revnivtsev , Sandro Mereghetti

Planets with several Earth masses and a few day orbital periods have been discovered through radial velocity and transit surveys. Regardless of their formation mechanism, a key evolution issue is the efficiency of their retention near their…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 Randy O. Laine , Douglas N. C. Lin

For over a century, the Hall effect, a transverse effect under out-of-plane magnetic field or magnetization, has been a cornerstone for magnetotransport studies and applications. Modern theoretical formulation based on the Berry curvature…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-05 Ayano Nakamura , Shinichi Nishihaya , Hiroaki Ishizuka , Markus Kriener , Yuto Watanabe , Masaki Uchida

Within the framework of zero-range potential model in the ap-proach of effective mass, the impurity absorption by the complex Quantum Dot-Impurity Center in an external constant uniform magnetic field is considered. Under condition that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. D. Krevchik , A. B. Grunin , A. K. Aringazin , M. B. Semenov

The mechanical effects in finite two-dimensional electron systems (quantum dots or droplets) in a strong perpendicular magnetic field are studied. It is shown that, due to asymmetry of the cyclotron dynamics, an additional in-plane electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lucjan Jacak , Jurij Krasnyj , Dorota Jacak , Arkadiusz Wojs

We explore potential of current and next-generation gamma-ray telescopes for the detection of weak magnetic fields in the intergalactic medium. We demonstrate that using two complementary techniques, observation of extended emission around…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-31 A. Neronov , D. Semikoz

We consider the quasiparticle c-axis conductivity in highly anisotropic layered compounds in the presence of the magnetic field parallel to the layers. We show that at low temperatures the quasiparticle interlayer conductivity depends…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-04-08 L. N. Bulaevskii , M. J. Graf , M. P. Maley

It is shown that the transport in low temperature, collisional, bounded plasma is enhanced by instabilities at high magnetic field. While the magnetic field confines the electrons in a stable plasma, the instability completely destroys the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 R. Lucken , A. Bourdon , M. Lieberman , P. Chabert

The evolution of space technology in recent years, fueled by advancements in computing such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), has profoundly transformed our capacity to explore the cosmos. Missions like the James…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-13 Vasuda Trehan , Kevin H. Knuth , M. J. Way

Within the Sommerfeld atomic model the quantization of magnetic flux through the electronic orbits is investigated together with its dependency on additional sources of magnetic fields. These sources alter the magnetic flux through the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-02-26 W. -D. R. Stein

The hot intracluster plasma in clusters of galaxies is weakly magnetized. Mergers between clusters produce gas compression and motions which can increase the magnetic field strength. In this work, we perform high-resolution non-radiative…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-30 Bryan Brzycki , John ZuHone

Magnetic fields play a fundamental role for interior and atmospheric properties of M dwarfs and greatly influence terrestrial planets orbiting in the habitable zones of these low-mass stars. Determination of the strength and topology of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-23 Oleg Kochukhov

The existence of magnetic moments of neutrinos points to physics beyond the standard model. Given current upper limits, terrestrial measurements are difficult or completely unfeasible. However, estimates of transition moments can be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Domokos , S. Kovesi-Domokos

Long-period transiting exoplanets provide an opportunity to study the mass-radius relation and internal structure of extrasolar planets. Their studies grant insights into planetary evolution akin to the Solar System planets, which, in…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-19 Kaspar von Braun , Stephen R. Kane