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Dust polarization observational results are analyzed for the high-mass star formation region W51 from the largest parent cloud ($\sim$ 2~pc, JCMT) to the large-scale envelope ($\sim$ 0.5~pc, BIMA) down to the collapsing core e2 ($\sim$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 Patrick M. Koch , Ya-Wen Tang , Paul T. P. Ho

Magnetic fields and turbulence may play a crucial role in the evolution of molecular clouds and ultimately in the formation of dense cores and stars. Despite being studied in many molecular clouds, the exact role of magnetic fields and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-26 A. Koley , P. Sanhueza , A. M. Stutz , P. Saha , F. A. Olguin , A. Ginsburg , N. Sandoval-Garrido , N. Castro-Toledo

High resolution (sub-)millimeter polarization observations have opened a new era in the understanding of how B-fields are organized in star forming regions, unveiling an intricate interplay between the B-fields and the gas in protostellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-12-14 Valeska Valdivia , Anaëlle Maury , Patrick Hennebelle

Magnetic fields are believed to play a crucial role in the process of star formation. We compare high-angular resolution observations of the submillimeter polarized emission of NGC 1333 IRAS 4A, tracing the magnetic field around a low-mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jose Goncalves , Daniele Galli , Josep M. Girart

Filamentary structures are ubiquitous in high-mass star-forming molecular clouds. Their relation with high-mass star formation is still to be understood. Here we report interferometric observations toward 8 filamentary high-mass…

Recent observations of neutral Galactic interstellar medium showed that filamentary structures of HI clouds are aligned with the interstellar magnetic field. Many interesting applications are proposed based on the alignment such as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 Tsuyoshi Inoue , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

As part of an ongoing series of deep GMRT surveys we have observed the Spitzer extragalactic First Look Survey field, producing the deepest wide-field 610-MHz survey published to date. We reach an rms noise of 30 microJy/beam before primary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-12 Timothy Garn , Dominic Ford , Paul Alexander , David A. Green , Julia M. Riley

We determine magnetic fields from the photosphere to the upper chromosphere combining data from the Hinode satellite and the CLASP2.1 sounding rocket experiment. CLASP2.1 provided polarization profiles of the Mg~{|sc ii} $h$ and $k$ lines,…

Magnetic fields play a crucial role in star formation, yet tracing them becomes particularly challenging, especially in the presence of outflow feedback in protostellar systems. We targeted the star-forming region L1551, notable for its…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-26 Mingrui Liu , Yue Hu , Alex Lazarian

Context. The role of magnetic fields during the formation of high-mass stars is not yet fully understood, and the processes related to the early fragmentation and collapse are largely unexplored today. The high-mass star forming region…

Understanding the magnetised Universe is a major challenge in modern astrophysics, and cosmic magnetism has been acknowledged as one of the science key drivers of the most ambitious radio instrument ever planned, the SKA telescope. With…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-27 Valentina Vacca , Federica Govoni , Matteo Murgia , Francesca Loi , Luigina Feretti , Hui Li , Elia Battistelli , Torsten A. Enßlin , Paolo Marchegiani

Although, from a theoretical point of view, magnetic fields are believed to have a significant role during the early stages of star formation, especially during the main accretion phase, the magnetic field strength and topology is poorly…

Star formation is inefficient. Recent advances in numerical simulations and theoretical models of molecular clouds show that the combined effects of interstellar turbulence, magnetic fields and stellar feedback can explain the low…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-12 Christoph Federrath

The degree to which the formation and evolution of clouds and filaments in the interstellar medium is regulated by magnetic fields remains an open question. Yet the fundamental properties of the fields (strength and 3D morphology) are not…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-21 Stefan Reissl , Amelia M. Stutz , Ralf S. Klessen , Daniel Seifried , Stefanie Walch

We present results from the Austral Winter 2003 observing campaign of SPARO, a 450 micron polarimeter used with a two-meter telescope at South Pole. We mapped large-scale magnetic fields in four Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs) in the Galactic…

Improving our understanding of the initial conditions and earliest stages of star formation is crucial to gain insight into the origin of stellar masses, multiple systems, and protoplanetary disks. We review the properties of low-mass dense…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-01-29 Philippe André , Shantanu Basu , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

Magnetic fields, which play a major role in a large number of astrophysical processes from galactic to cosmological scales, can be traced via observations of dust polarization as demonstrated by the Planck satellite results. In particular,…

Spitzer Space Telescope observations of 15 spiral galaxies show numerous dense cores at 8 microns that are revealed primarily in unsharp mask images. The cores are generally invisible in optical bands because of extinction, and they are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Bruce G. Elmegreen , Debra Meloy Elmegreen

Circular polarisation measurements of white dwarfs of various ages and spectral types are useful to understand the origin and evolution of the magnetic field in degenerate stars. In the latest stages of white dwarf evolution, when stars are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-19 Andrei V. Berdyugin , Vilppu Piirola , Stefano Bagnulo , John D. Landstreet , Svetlana V. Berdyugina

Interstellar polarization from aligned dust grains can be measured both in transmission at visible and near-infrared wavelengths and in emission at far-infrared and sub-mm wavelengths. These observations can help predict the behavior of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Terry J. Jones