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Blazar observations point toward the possible presence of magnetic fields over intergalactic scales of the order of up to $\sim1\,$Mpc, with strengths of at least $\sim10^{-16}\,$G. Understanding the origin of these large-scale magnetic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-17 Tina Kahniashvili , Axel Brandenburg , Arthur Kosowsky , Sayan Mandal , Alberto Roper Pol

The evolution of magnetic fields in galaxies is still an open problem in astrophysics. In nearby galaxies the far-infrared-radio correlation indicates the coupling between magnetic fields and star formation. The correlation arises from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Jennifer Schober , Dominik R. G. Schleicher , Ralf S. Klessen

Helical intergalactic magnetic fields at the $\sim 10^{-14}~{\rm G}$ level on $\sim 10~{\rm Mpc}$ length scales are indicated by current gamma ray observations. The existence of magnetic fields in cosmic voids and their non-trivial helicity…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-15 Tanmay Vachaspati

Context. The existence of magnetic fields in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) is largely unconstrained. Their detection is important as magnetic fields can have a significant impact on the evolution of the CGM and, in turn, the fields can…

Observational evidence for the existence of cosmic magnetic fields in intergalactic space coherent over Mpc scales is presented. Using an unprecedentedly large sample of Faraday rotation measures of radio sources from the NRAO VLA Sky…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-16 Jounghun Lee , Ue-Li Pen , A. Russell Taylor , Jeroen M. Stil , Caleb Sunstrum

We consider the possibility that cosmic magnetic field, instead of being uniformly distributed, is strongly correlated with the large scale structure of the universe. Then, the observed rotational measure of extra-galactic radio sources…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-19 Dongsu Ryu , Hyesung Kang , Peter L. Biermann

We review the physics of intergalactic electromagnetic cascades in the presence of the extragalactic magnetic field (EGMF). Various regimes of intergalactic electromagnetic cascades are considered depending on the number of cascade…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-22 Timur Dzhatdoev , Emil Khalikov , Anna Kircheva , Egor Podlesnyi , Anastasia Telegina

TeV photons from blazars at relatively large distances, interacting with the optical-IR cosmic background, are efficiently converted into electron-positron pairs. The produced pairs are extremely relativistic (Lorentz factors of the order…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 F. Tavecchio , G. Ghisellini , L. Foschini , G. Bonnoli , G. Ghirlanda , P. Coppi

The Intergalactic Magnetic Field (IGMF), permeating cosmic voids, is thought to be a relic of primordial magnetic fields generated in the early Universe and that gave rise to all astrophysical magnetic fields. While it has escaped direct…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-14 Ténéman Keita , Renaud Belmont , Thierry Stolarczyk

Recent FERMI observations provide a lower limit of 10^{-15} G for the magnetic field strength in the intergalactic medium (IGM). This is consistent with theoretical expectations based on the Biermann battery effect, which predicts such IGM…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-18 Dominik R. G. Schleicher , Sharanya Sur , Robi Banerjee , Ralf S. Klessen , Christoph Federrath , Tigran Arshakian , Rainer Beck , Marco Spaans

The recent discoveries of several reliable events of high energy cosmic rays at an energy above 10^20 eV raise questions about their path through the nearby universe. The two analyses of the Haverah Park data set and the Akeno data set…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 Peter L. Biermann , Hyesung Kang , Dongsu Ryu

Both observations and modelling of magnetic fields in the diffuse interstellar gas of spiral galaxies are well developed but the theory has been confronted with observations for only a handful of individual galaxies. There is now sufficient…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Cameron Van Eck , Jo-Anne Brown , Anvar Shukurov , Andrew Fletcher

Properties of the extragalactic magnetic field (EGMF) outside of clusters and filaments of the large-scale structure are essentially unknown. The EGMF could be probed with $\gamma$-ray observations of distant (redshift $z > 0.1$) blazars.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-04 E. I. Podlesnyi , T. A. Dzhatdoev , V. I. Galkin

The galaxy-IGM part of the Lyman-break survey currently consists of measured redshifts for more than 1000 galaxies with redshift 1.5<z<3.5 along the sightlines to 25 background QSOs. One of the goals of the survey was to measure the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Kurt L. Adelberger

The amplitude of the magnetic field near the Galactic Centre has been uncertain by two orders of magnitude for several decades. On a scale of approximately 100 pc fields of approximately 1000 microG have been reported, implying a magnetic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-01-11 Roland M. Crocker , David Jones , Fulvio Melia , Jürgen Ott , Raymond J. Protheroe

Faraday rotation studies of distant radio sources can constrain the evolution and the origin of cosmic magnetism. We use data from the LOFAR Two Metre Sky Survey: Data Release 2 (LoTSS DR2) to study the dependence of the Faraday rotation…

One of the most promising ways to probe intergalactic magnetic fields (IGMFs) is through gamma rays produced in electromagnetic cascades initiated by high-energy gamma rays or cosmic rays in the intergalactic space. Because the charged…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-07 Rafael Alves Batista , Andrey Saveliev

We discuss the magnetic field influence on diffuse gamma-ray emission from extragalactic electromagnetic cascades initiated by ultra-high energy cosmic rays. Regions in space vary considerably in field strength: it is possibly of 10^(-12) G…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-16 A. Uryson

The intergalactic magnetic field (IGMF) in cosmic voids can be indirectly probed through its effect on electromagnetic cascades initiated by a source of TeV gamma rays, such as blazars, a subclass of active galactic nuclei. Blazars that are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-03-12 Timothy C. Arlen , Vladimir V. Vassiliev

The amplitude of the magnetic field surrounding the Galactic Centre (GC) on large scales (> 100 pc) has been uncertain by two orders of magnitude for several decades: different analyses report fields as weak as ~6 microG on the one hand and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-01-27 Roland M. Crocker