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The equipartition model is widely used to estimate magnetic field strength from synchrotron intensity in radio galaxies, yet the validity of its underlying assumptions remains uncertain. Using an Arepo simulation which incorporates a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-06 H. -H. Sandy Chiu , Mateusz Ruszkowski , Maria Werhahn , Christoph Pfrommer , Timon Thomas

Understanding the role that magnetic fields play on the stage of galaxy formation requires accurate methods for inferring the properties of extragalactic magnetic fields. Radio synchrotron emission has been the most promising avenue to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-13 Tara Dacunha , Sergio Martin-Alvarez , Susan E. Clark , Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez

Magnetic fields, together with cosmic rays (CRs), play an important role in the dynamics and evolution of galaxies, but are difficult to estimate. Energy equipartition between magnetic fields and CRs provides a convenient way to approximate…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-05 Adam A. Zychowicz , Krzysztof T. Chyży

The commonly used classical equipartition or minimum-energy estimate of total magnetic fields strengths from radio synchrotron intensities is of limited practical use because it is based on the hardly known ratio K of the total energies of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rainer Beck , Marita Krause

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

We present an extensive synthetic observational analysis of numerically- simulated radio galaxies designed to explore the effectiveness of conventional observational analyses at recovering physical source properties. These are the first…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 I. L. Tregillis , T. W. Jones , Dongsu Ryu

Magnetic fields play a crucial role in various astrophysical processes within the intracluster medium, including heat conduction, cosmic ray acceleration, and the generation of synchrotron radiation. However, measuring magnetic field…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-02 Jiyao Zhang , Yue Hu , A. Lazarian

The energy densities in magnetic fields and cosmic rays (CRs) in galaxies are often assumed to be in equipartition, allowing for an indirect estimate of the magnetic field strength from the observed radio synchrotron spectrum. However, both…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-27 Tova M. Yoast-Hull , John S. Gallagher , Ellen G. Zweibel

Synchrotron emission is one of few observable tracers of galactic magnetic fields (\textbf{B}) and cosmic rays (CRs). Much of our understanding of \textbf{B} in galaxies comes from utilizing synchrotron observations in conjunction with…

We analyse observational signatures of magnetic fields for simulations of a Milky-Way like disc with supernova-driven interstellar turbulence and self-consistent chemical processes. In particular, we post-process two simulations data sets…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-29 Yoan Rappaz , Jennifer Schober , Philipp Girichidis

Synchrotron radiation from cosmic rays is a key observational probe of the galactic magnetic field. Interpreting synchrotron emission data requires knowledge of the cosmic ray number density, which is often assumed to be in energy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-12-06 Amit Seta , Anvar Shukurov , Toby S. Wood , Paul J. Bushby , Andrew P. Snodin

We model the transport and spectral evolution of 1-100 GeV cosmic ray (CR) electrons (CREs) in TIGRESS MHD simulations of the magnetized, multiphase interstellar medium. We post-process a kpc-sized galactic disk patch representative of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-02 Nora B. Linzer , Lucia Armillotta , Eve C. Ostriker , Eliot Quataert

We have estimated the magnetic field strengths of a sample of seven galaxies using their non-thermal synchrotron radio emission at metre wavelengths, and assuming energy equipartition between magnetic fields and cosmic ray particles.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-22 Souvik Manna , Subhashis Roy

(Abridged) We constrain simulated all-sky maps in total intensity, linear polarization, and rotation measure (RM) by observations. We test a number of large-scale magnetic field configurations and take the properties of the warm…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 X. H. Sun , W. Reich , A. Waelkens , T. Enßlin

Determination of the magnetic field strength in the interstellar medium is one of the most complex tasks of contemporary astrophysics. We can only estimate the order of magnitude of the magnetic field strength by using a few very limited…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-01-27 B. Arbutina , D. Urosevic , M. M. Andjelic , M. Z. Pavlovic , B. Vukotic

Aims: Detecting diffuse synchrotron emission from the cosmic web is still a challenge for current radio telescopes. We aim to make predictions about the detectability of cosmic web filaments from simulations. Methods: We present the first…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-18 Ludwig M. Böss , Klaus Dolag , Ulrich P. Steinwandel , Elena Hernández-Martínez , Ildar Khabibullin , Benjamin Seidel , Jenny G. Sorce

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

The physics of magnetic fields ($\textbf{B}$) and cosmic rays (CRs) have recently been included in simulations of galaxy formation. However, significant uncertainties remain in how these components affect galaxy evolution. To understand…

We derive the magnitude of fluctuations in total synchrotron intensity in the Milky Way and M33, from both observations and theory under various assumption about the relation between cosmic rays and interstellar magnetic fields. Given the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-05 Rodion Stepanov , Anvar Shukurov , Andrew Fletcher , Rainer Beck , Laura La Porta , Fatemeh Tabatabaei

We describe a technique for probing the statistical properties of cosmic magnetic fields based on radio polarimetry data. Second-order magnetic field statistics like the power spectrum cannot always distinguish between magnetic fields with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 A. Waelkens , A. A. Schekochihin , T. A. Ensslin
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