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We consider propagation of polarization in the inner parts of pair-symmetric magnetar winds, close to the light cylinder. Pair plasmas in magnetic field is birefringent, a $\propto B^2$ effect. As a result, such plasmas work as phase…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-06 Maxim Lyutikov

Radio synchrotron emission, its polarization and its Faraday rotation are powerful tools to study the strength and structure of interstellar magnetic fields. In the Milky Way, Faraday rotation of the polarized emission from pulsars and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-24 R. Beck

We perform polarimetry analysis of 20 active galactic nuclei (AGN) jets using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) at 1.4, 1.6, 2.2, 2.4, 4.6, 5.0, 8.1, 8.4, and 15.4 GHz. The study allowed us to investigate linearly polarized properties of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-12 E. V. Kravchenko , Y. Y. Kovalev , K. V. Sokolovsky

We present a polarization catalog of 533 extragalactic radio sources with 2.3 GHz total intensity above 420 mJy from the S-band Polarization All Sky Survey, S-PASS, with corresponding 1.4 GHz polarization information from the NRAO VLA Sky…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-21 Mehdi Lamee , Lawrence Rudnick , Jamie S. Farnes , Ettore Carretti , B. M. Gaensler , Marijke Haverkorn , Sergio Poppi

We present a detailed analysis of time- and energy-dependent synchrotron polarization signatures in a shock-in-jet model for gamma-ray blazars. Our calculations employ a full 3D radiation transfer code, assuming a helical magnetic field…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Haocheng Zhang , Xuhui Chen , Markus Boettcher

The polarization of X-ray emission is a unique tool used to investigate the magnetic field structure around astrophysical objects. In this paper, we study the linear polarization of X-ray emissions from gamma-ray binary systems based on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-17 Xingxing Hu , Jumpei Takata

The rising amount of polarized observations of relativistic sources requires the correct theory for proper model fitting. The equations for general relativistic (GR) polarized radiative transfer are derived starting from the Boltzmann…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Roman V. Shcherbakov , Lei Huang

The curvature radiation is applied to the explain the circular polarization of FRBs. Significant circular polarization is reported in both apparently non-repeating and repeating FRBs. Curvature radiation can produce significant circular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-29 H. Tong , H. G. Wang

We present preliminary results from mapping the high-latitude Galactic polarization with the Effelsberg Telescope at $\lambda$21 cm. Structures on the resulting maps are mostly on the scale of several degrees. The results show detection of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Z. Zainal Abidin , J. P. Leahy , A. Wilkinson , P. Reich , W. Reich , R. Wielebinski

Faraday rotation measure synthesis is a method for analyzing multichannel polarized radio emissions, and it has emerged as an important tool in the study of galactic and extra-galactic magnetic fields. The method requires the recovery of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 M. Andrecut , J. M. Stil , A. R. Taylor

Magnetic fields in the ionized medium of the disk and halo of the Milky Way impose Faraday rotation on linearly polarized radio emission. We compare two surveys mapping the Galactic Faraday rotation, one showing the rotation measures of…

Recent observations of the Fornax cluster show depolarization signatures on megaparsec scales, which may be associated with shocks and/or sloshing motions during cluster merger and/or in-fall. To investigate the possible reasons behind the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-31 Jia-Rou Liou , Alvina Y. L. On , H. -Y. Karen Yang , J. A. ZuHone

Faraday rotation of radio source polarization provides a measure of the integrated magnetic field along the observational lines of sight. We compare a new, large sample of Faraday rotation measures (RMs) of polarized extragalactic sources…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yongzhong Xu , Philipp P. Kronberg , Salman Habib , Quentin W. Dufton

We present multi-frequency polarization observations of the diffuse radio synchrotron background modulated by Faraday rotation. No total intensity is observed, indicating that total intensity does not vary on scales below approximately a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Haverkorn , P. Katgert , A. G. de Bruyn

Circular polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) can be induced by Faraday conversion of the primordial linearly polarized radiation as it propagates through a birefringent medium. Recent work has shown that the dominant…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-13 Keisuke Inomata , Marc Kamionkowski

Using the first station of the Long Wavelength Array (LWA1), we examine polarized pulsar emission between 25 and 88 MHz. Polarized light from pulsars undergoes Faraday rotation as it passes through the magnetized interstellar medium.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-01 V. Dike , G. B. Taylor , J. Dowell , K. Stovall

The reflection of X-ray radiation produced near a compact object from its stellar companion contributes to the orbital variability of polarization in X-ray binaries. The X-rays are reflected mainly via Thomson scattering resulting in a high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-28 Varpu Ahlberg , Vadim Kravtsov , Juri Poutanen

We present a detailed examination of the relationship between the magnetic field structures and the variations in Faraday Rotation across PKS1246-410, a radio source in the Centaurus cluster of galaxies, using data from Taylor, Fabian and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 L. Rudnick , K. Blundell

We study the properties of polarized radiation in turbulent magnetic fields from X-ray binary jets. These turbulent magnetic fields are composed of large- and small-scale configurations, which result in the polarized jitter radiation when…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-15 Jian-Fu Zhang , Fu-Yuan Xiang , Ju-Fu Lu

The polarization measurement is an important tool to probe the prompt emission mechanism in gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The synchrotron photons can be scattered by cold electrons in the outflow via Compton scattering processes. The observed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-19 Zhe Chang , Yunguo Jiang , Hai-Nan Lin
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