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Context. Observations of Zeeman split spectral lines represent an important approach to derive the structure and strength of magnetic fields in molecular clouds. In contrast to the uncertainty of the spectral line observation itself, the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-10 R. Brauer , S. Wolf , S. Reissl , F. Ober

We investigated the applicability of the weak-field approximation (WFA) for retrieving the depth-dependent line-of-sight (LOS) magnetic field from the spectral region containing the Mg I $b_2$ spectral line and two photospheric Ti I and Fe…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-31 Dušan Vukadinović , Ivan Milić , Olga Atanacković

(Edited for length) The Zeeman effect is the only observational technique available to measure directly the strength of magnetic fields in regions of star formation. We review the physics of the Zeeman effect and its practical use in both…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-15 Richard M. Crutcher , Athol J. Kemball

We present results of synthetic spectro-polarimetric diagnostics of radiative MHD simulations of solar surface convection with magnetic fields. Stokes profiles of Zeeman-sensitive lines of neutral iron in the visible and infrared spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Shelyag , M. Schuessler , S. K. Solanki , A. Voegler

We present a joint analysis of HI absorption Zeeman measurements and the morphology of filamentary HI emission to investigate the three-dimensional structure of the magnetic field in the diffuse neutral interstellar medium (ISM). Our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-28 Marta Nowotka , Susan E. Clark , Blakesley Burkhart , Laura Fissel , Tao-Chung Ching , Timothy Robishaw , Carl Heiles

M dwarfs host strong magnetic fields that can be measured using several complementary techniques. However, the impact of key methodological choices on Zeeman broadening diagnostics has not been systematically quantified. We assess the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-19 I. Amateis , O. Kochukhov , A. Hahlin

With the recent advent of circular polarization capabilities at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Zeeman effect measurements of spectral lines are now possible as a means to directly probe line-of-sight magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-04 Renato Mazzei , L. Ilsedore Cleeves , Zhi-Yun Li

The Zeeman pattern of MnI lines is sensitive to hyperfine structure (HFS) and, they respond to hG magnetic field strengths differently from the lines used in solar magnetometry. This peculiarity has been employed to measure magnetic field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Sanchez Almeida , B. Viticchie , E. Landi Degl'Innocenti , F. Berrilli

High-dispersion, archival spectra of magnetic Ap stars with resolved Zeeman components in Stokes I are used to derive a simple relation that can be utilised to estimate the mean surface field strengths of stars with v sin i > 10 km/s. For…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-05 J. D. Bailey

We investigate the possibility of measuring magnetic field strength in G-band bright points through the analysis of Zeeman polarization in molecular CH lines. To this end we solve the equations of polarized radiative transfer in the G band…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 H. Uitenbroek , E. Miller-Ricci , A. Asensio Ramos , J. Trujillo Bueno

The topic of magnetic field diagnostics with the Zeeman effect is currently vividly discussed. There are some testable inversion codes available to the spectropolarimetry community and their application allowed for a better understanding of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-29 M. Derouich

The measurement of Zeeman splitting in spectral lines---both in emission and absorption---can provide direct estimates of the magnetic field strength and direction in atomic and molecular clouds, both in our own Milky Way and in external…

We demonstrate that the combination of Zeeman, polarimetry and ion-to-neutral molecular line width ratio measurements permits the determination of the magnitude and orientation of the magnetic field in the weakly ionized parts of molecular…

The Zeeman effect is of limited utility for probing the magnetism of the quiet solar chromosphere. The Hanle effect in some spectral lines is sensitive to such magnetism, but the interpretation of the scattering polarization signals…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-21 Jan Jurcak , Jiri Stepan , Javier Trujillo Bueno

Context. Recent high angular resolution polarimetric continuum observations of circumstellar disks provide new insights into their magnetic field. However, direct constraints are limited to the plane of sky component of the magnetic field.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-22 R. Brauer , S. Wolf , M. Flock

The standard methods of the magnetic field measurement, based on an analysis of the relation between the Stokes $V$-parameter and the first derivative of the total line profile intensity, were modified by applying a linear integral operator…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 A. F. Kholtygin

Context. Investigations of the magnetism of the quiet Sun are hindered by extremely weak polarization signals in Fraunhofer spectral lines. Photon noise, straylight, and the systematically different sensitivity of the Zeeman effect to…

We present our analysis aimed at inferring average magnetic fields in slowly-rotating solar-like stars. Using the spectral line inversion code SPINOR, we perform high-accuracy line profile fitting and investigate whether Zeeman broadening…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-15 Richard I. Anderson , Ansgar Reiners , Sami K. Solanki

Measurements of interplanetary magnetic fields have long relied on spacecraft measurements, which provide only in-situ sampling and therefore cannot capture the global magnetic structure. Faraday rotation of radio signals extends in-situ…

Space Physics · Physics 2026-05-28 Chuanpeng Hou , Huirong Yan , Siqi Zhao

Direct measurements of the stellar magnetic fields are based on the splitting of spectral lines into polarized Zeeman components. With few exceptions, Zeeman signatures are hidden in data noise and a number of methods have been developed to…

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