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We present a method for applying spatially resolved adiabatic and radiative loss processes to synthetic radio emission from hydrodynamic simulations of radio sources from active galactic nuclei (AGN). Lagrangian tracer particles, each…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-23 Patrick M. Yates-Jones , Ross J. Turner , Stanislav S. Shabala , Martin G. H. Krause

We present broadband polarimetric observations of a sample of high Faraday rotation measure (RM) AGN using the VLA telescope from 1 to 2 GHz, and 4 to 12 GHz. The sample (14 sources) consists of compact sources (linear resolution smaller…

The jets emanating from the centers of active galactic nuclei (AGN) are among the most energetic objects in the universe. Investigating how the morphology of the jet's synchrotron emission depends on the magnetic nature of the jet's…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-15 Joana A. Kramer , Nicholas R. MacDonald

Context. Relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei are known for their exceptional energy output, and imaging the synthetic synchrotron emission of numerical jet simulations is essential for a comparison with observed jet polarization…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-11 Joana A. Kramer , Nicholas R. MacDonald , Georgios F. Paraschos , L. Ricci

We present the results from a broadband (1 to 3 GHz), spectro-polarimetry study of the integrated emission from 100 extragalactic radio sources with the ATCA, selected to be highly linearly polarized at 1.4 GHz. We use a general purpose,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-28 S. P. O'Sullivan , C. R. Purcell , C. S. Anderson , J. S. Farnes , X. H. Sun , B. M. Gaensler

We present results from simulations of the extragalactic polarized sky at 1.4 GHz. As the basis for our polarization models, we use a semi-empirical simulation of the extragalactic total intensity (Stokes I) continuum sky developed at the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-13 S. P. O'Sullivan , J. M. Stil , A. R. Taylor , R. Ricci , J. K. Grant , K. Shorten

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) play an integral role in galaxy formation and evolution by influencing galaxies and their environments through radio jet feedback. Historically, interpreting observations of radio galaxies and quantifying radio…

Faraday Rotation Measure (RM) Synthesis, as a method for analyzing multi-channel observations of polarized radio emission to investigate galactic magnetic fields structures, requires the definition of complex polarized intensity in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 P. Frick , D. Sokoloff , R. Stepanov , R. Beck

As radio polarised emission from astrophysical objects traverse through foreground magnetised plasma, the physical conditions along the lines of sight are encrypted in the form of Rotation Measure (RM). We performed broadband…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-10 Yik Ki Ma , Sui Ann Mao , Aritra Basu , Carl Heiles , Jennifer West

We present relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (RMHD) simulations of stationary overpressured magnetized relativistic jets which are characterized by their dominant type of energy, namely internal, kinetic, or magnetic. Each model is threaded…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-04 Antonio Fuentes , José L. Gómez , José M. Martí , Manel Perucho

Diagnostics of polarized emission provide us with valuable information on the Galactic magnetic field and the state of turbulence in the interstellar medium, which cannot be obtained from synchrotron intensity alone. In Paper I (Herron et…

The emission from the relativistically hot plasmas of high-energy astrophysical synchrotron sources, pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) in particular, depends on the level of magnetic fluctuations. Recent observations by the X-ray polarimeter IXPE…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-22 Luca Del Zanna , Niccolò Bucciantini , Simone Landi

Radio polarimetry is an invaluable tool to investigate the physical conditions and variability processes in active galactic nuclei (AGN) jets. However, detecting their linear and circular polarization properties is a challenging endeavor…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-30 Ioannis Myserlis , Emmanouil Angelakis , Alex Kraus , Lars Fuhrmann , Vassilis Karamanavis , J. Anton Zensus

We present the results of a polarization study based upon relativistic magnetohydrodynamic modelling of jets running into hydrostatic, spherically symmetric cluster atmospheres. For the first time in a numerical simulation, we derive…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-14 Michael Stimpson , Martin Hardcastle , Martin Krause

We present an analytical model for the evolution of extended active galactic nuclei (AGNs) throughout their full lifecycle, including the initial jet expansion, lobe formation, and eventual remnant phases. A particular focus of our…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-26 Ross J. Turner , Patrick M. Yates-Jones , Stanislav S. Shabala , Benjamin Quici , Georgia S. C. Stewart

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

3D-MHD numerical simulations of bipolar, hypersonic, weakly magnetized jets and synthetic synchrotron observations are presented to study the structure and evolution of magnetic fields in FR II radio sources. The magnetic field setup in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Martin Huarte-Espinosa , Martin Krause , Paul Alexander

Supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei (AGN) are known to launch relativistic jets, which are observed across the entire electromagnetic spectrum and are thought to be efficient particle accelerators. Their primary radiation…

RM Synthesis was recently developed as a new tool for the interpretation of polarized emission data in order to separate the contributions of different sources lying on the same line of sight. Until now the method was mainly applied to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-05-04 P. Frick , D. Sokoloff , R. Stepanov , R. Beck

We study the polarization properties of 22 known rotating radio transients (RRATs) with the 64-m Parkes radio telescope and present the Faraday rotation measures (RMs) for the 17 with linearly polarized flux exceeding the off-pulse noise by…

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