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We present a method for parametric modelling of the physical components of the Galaxy's magnetised interstellar medium, simulating the observables, and mapping out the likelihood space using a Markov Chain Monte-Carlo analysis. We then…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-01-29 T. R. Jaffe , J. P. Leahy , A. J. Banday , S. M. Leach , S. R. Lowe , A. Wilkinson

The Galactic magnetic field, locally observed to be on the order of a few $\mu$G, is sufficiently strong to induce deflections in the arrival directions of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. We present a method that establishes measures of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Michael S. Sutherland , Brian M. Baughman , James J. Beatty

The dynamical state of star-forming molecular clouds cannot be understood without determining the structure and strength of their magnetic fields. Measurements of polarized far-infrared radiation from thermally aligned dust grains are used…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 F. Heitsch , E. G. Zweibel , M. -M. Mac Low , P. S. Li , M. L. Norman

Multiscale simulation is a key research tool for the quest for new permanent magnets. Starting with first principles methods, a sequence of simulation methods can be applied to calculate the maximum possible coercive field and expected…

We present a method to measure cosmic magnetic fields with ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). We apply an advanced autocorrelation method to simulated UHECRs which includes their directional as well as energy information. Without…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-04-22 Martin Erdmann , Peter Schiffer

The simulations of the formation of cosmological structure allows to determine the spatial inhomogeneity of cosmic magnetic fields. Such simulations, however, do not give an absolute number for the strength of the magnetic field due to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter L. Biermann , Hyesung Kang , Joerg P. Rachen , Dongsu Ryu

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

The interpretation of Galactic synchrotron observations is complicated by the degeneracy between the strength of the magnetic field perpendicular to the line of sight (LOS), $B_\perp$, and the cosmic-ray electron (CRe) spectrum. Depending…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-28 Marco Padovani , Andrea Bracco , Vibor Jelić , Daniele Galli , Elena Bellomi

We present our attempts to detect magnetic fields in filamentary large-scale structure (LSS) by observing polarized synchrotron emission emitted by structure formation shocks. Little is known about the strength and order of magnetic fields…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Shea Brown , Lawrence Rudnick , Damon Farnsworth

The formation of galaxies is significantly influenced by galactic winds, possibly driven by cosmic rays due to their long cooling times and better coupling to plasma compared to radiation. In this study, we compare the radio observations of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-04 H. -H. Sandy Chiu , Mateusz Ruszkowski , Timon Thomas , Maria Werhahn , Christoph Pfrommer

We set limits on the presence of the synchrotron cosmic web through the cross-correlation of the 2.3 GHz S-PASS survey with a model of the local cosmic web derived from constrained magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations. The MHD simulation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-10 S. Brown , T. Vernstrom , E. Carretti , K. Dolag , B. M. Gaensler , L. Staveley-Smith , G. Bernardi , M. Haverkorn , M. Kesteven , S. Poppi

Low-frequency radio observations of diffuse synchrotron radiation offer a unique vantage point for investigating the intricate relationship between gas and magnetic fields in the formation of structures within the Galaxy, spanning from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-29 Andrea Bracco , Marco Padovani , Daniele Galli

In the present paper we construct maps of polarized synchrotron radio emission of a whole galaxy, based on local models of the cosmic ray (CR) driven dynamo. We perform numerical simulations of the dynamo in local Cartesian domains, with…

Galactic encounters are usually marked by a substantial increase of synchrotron emission of the interacting galaxies compared to the typical emission from similar isolated galaxies. This is believed to be associated with an increase of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-07-02 David Moss , Dmitri Sokoloff , Rainer Beck , Marita Krause

The magnetic field strength in interstellar clouds can be estimated indirectly by using the spread of dust polarization angles ($\delta \theta$). The method developed by Davis 1951 and by Chandrasekhar and Fermi 1953 (DCF) assumes that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-11 R. Skalidis , J. Sternberg , J. R. Beattie , V. Pavlidou , K. Tassis

Correlation analysis is obtained among Faraday rotation measure, HI column density, thermal and synchrotron radio brightness using archival all-sky maps of the Galaxy. A method is presented to calculate the magnetic strength and its…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-08-29 Y. Sofue , H. Nakanishi , K. Ichiki

The existence of magnetic fields associated with the intracluster medium in clusters of galaxies is now well established through different methods of analysis. The most detailed evidence for the presence of cluster magnetic fields comes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Federica Govoni

We present maps of total magnetic field using 'equipartition' assumptions for five nearby normal galaxies at sub-kpc spatial resolution. The mean magnetic field is found to be ~11 \mu G. The field is strongest near the central regions where…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Aritra Basu , Subhashis Roy

Pulsars can act as an excellent probe of the Milky Way magnetic field. The average strength of the Galactic magnetic field component parallel to the line of sight can be estimated as $\langle B_\parallel \rangle = 1.232 \,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-27 Amit Seta , Christoph Federrath

We study the synchrotron radio emission from extra-planar regions of star forming galaxies. We use ideal magneto-hydrodynamical (MHD) simulations of a rotating Milky Way-type disk galaxy with distributed star formation sites for three star…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Aditi Vijayan , Biman B. Nath , Prateek Sharma , Yuri Shchekinov