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Magnetic fields are an elemental part of the interstellar medium in galaxies. However, their impact on gas dynamics and star formation in galaxies remains controversial. We use a suite of global magnetohydrodynamical simulations of isolated…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-25 Bastian Körtgen , Robi Banerjee , Ralph E. Pudritz , Wolfram Schmidt

The formation of protoplanetary discs during the collapse of molecular dense cores is significantly influenced by angular momentum transport, notably by the magnetic torque. In turn, the evolution of the magnetic field is determined by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-01 Patrick Hennebelle , Benoit Commercon , Gilles Chabrier , Pierre Marchand

We present our current understanding of the formation and early evolution of protostars, protoplanetary disks, and the driving of outflows as dictated by the interplay of magnetic fields and partially ionized gas in molecular cloud cores.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-29 Yusuke Tsukamoto , Anaëlle Maury , Benoît Commerçon , Felipe O. Alves , Erin G. Cox , Nami Sakai , Tom Ray , Bo Zhao , Masahiro N. Machida

We aim to characterise the magnetic field of the eclipsing binary CU Cnc. The determination of magnetic field parameters of this target enables comparisons with both observations of similar stars and theoretical predictions of the magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-02 A. Hahlin , O. Kochukhov , A. D. Rains , J. Morin , G. Hussain , L. Hebb , K. Stassun

We present the first self-consistent theoretical models of magnetar spectra that take into account the combined effects of the stellar atmosphere and its magnetosphere. We find that the proton cyclotron lines that are already weakened by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Tolga Guver , Feryal Ozel , Maxim Lyutikov

Recent high-resolution observations have enabled detailed investigations of the circumstellar environments around Class 0/I protostars. Several studies have reported that the infall velocity of the envelope is a few times smaller than the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-25 Shingo Hirano , Yuri Aikawa , Masahiro N. Machida

We present a physically motivated model for the manner in which a stellar magnetic field sculpts the inner edge of a protoplanetary disk, and examine the consequence for the migration and stopping of sub-Neptune and super-Earth planets.…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-14 Tze Yeung Mathew Yu , Brad Hansen , Yasuhiro Hasegawa

In nearby star-forming clouds, amplification and dissipation of the magnetic field are known to play crucial roles in the star-formation process. The star-forming environment varies from place to place and era to era in galaxies. In the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-24 Koki Higuchi , Masahiro N. Machida , Hajime Susa

Magnetic fields have been included in cosmological simulations of galaxy formation only recently, due to advances in numerical techniques and a better understanding of the galaxy formation physics. In this paper, we develop a new subgrid…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-05-13 Yuankang Liu , Michael Kretschmer , Romain Teyssier

The electromagnetic field is a fundamental force in nature that regulates the formation of stars in the universe. Despite decades of efforts, a reliable assessment of the importance of the magnetic fields in star formation relations remains…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-07 Mengke Zhao , Guang-Xing Li , Keping Qiu

Magnetic fields are known to play a crucial role in the star formation process, particularly in the formation of jets and outflows from protostellar discs. The magnetic field structure in star forming regions is not always uniform and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 Isabella A. Gerrard , Christoph Federrath , Rajika Kuruwita

Aims. EXor-type objects are protostars that display powerful UV-optical outbursts caused by intermittent and powerful events of magnetospheric accretion. These objects are not yet well investigated and are quite difficult to characterize.…

The magnetohydrodynamical behavior (MHD) of accretion disks is reviewed. A detailed presentation of the fundamental MHD equations appropriate for protostellar disks is given. The combination of a weak (subthermal) magnetic field and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-05 Steven A. Balbus

We present a new approach to detecting and characterizing a magnetic field in protoplanetary disks through the differential broadening of unpolarized molecular emission from CN. To demonstrate this technique, we apply it to new ALMA…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-12 Richard Teague , Boy Lankhaar , Sean M. Andrews , Chunhua Qi , Roger R. Fu , David J. Wilner , John B. Biersteker , Joan R. Najita

Magnetic fields significantly influence the evolution of protoplanetary disks and the formation of planets, following the predictions of numerous magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations. However, these predictions are yet observationally…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-09 Gesa H. -M. Bertrang , Mario Flock , Sebastian Wolf

The connection of strength of magnetic interactions and type ordering the magnetic moments with crystal chemical characteristics in low-dimensional magnets is investigated. The new method to calculate the sign and relative strength of…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 L. M. Volkova , S. A. Polyshchuk

We present an experimental approach using magnetic force microscopy for measurements of the absolute value of the magnetic penetration depth $\lambda$ in superconductors. $\lambda$ is obtained in a simple and robust way without introducing…

We discuss an extension to the Chandrasekhar-Fermi method for the evaluation of the mean magnetic field strength in molecular clouds to cases where the spatial orientation of the field is known. We apply the results to M17, using previously…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Martin Houde

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

Magnetic fields have been observed in galaxy clusters with strengths of the order of $\sim \mu$G. The non-thermal pressure exerted by magnetic fields also contributes to the total pressure in galaxy clusters and can in turn affect the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-20 Sandhya Jagannathan , Sunil Malik , Deepak Jain , T. R. Seshadri