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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

Cosmological (LambdaCDM) TreeSPH simulations of the formation and evolution of galaxy groups and clusters have been performed. The simulations invoke star formation, chemical evolution with non-instantaneous recycling, metal dependent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Alessio D. Romeo , Laura Portinari , Jesper Sommer-Larsen

We present results from N-body + magnetohydrodynamical simulations of merging clusters of galaxies. We find that cluster mergers cause various characteristic magnetic field structures because of the strong bulk flows in the intracluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Motokazu Takizawa

The role of magnetic fields in galaxy evolution is still an unsolved question in astrophysics. We have previously shown that magnetic fields play a crucial role in major mergers between disc galaxies; in hydrodynamic simulations of such…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-28 Joseph Whittingham , Martin Sparre , Christoph Pfrommer , Rüdiger Pakmor

Radio continuum observations allow to reveal the magnetic field structure in the disk and halo of nearby spiral galaxies, their magnetic field strength and vertical scale heights. The spiral galaxies studied so far show a similar magnetic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-01-08 Marita Krause

While magnetic fields have long been considered to be important for the evolution of magnetic non-degenerate stars and compact stars, it has become clear in recent years that actually all of the stars are deeply affected. This is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-03 Koh Takahashi , Norbert Langer

In a previous paper, we reported simulations of the evolution of the magnetic field in neutron star cores through ambipolar diffusion, taking the neutrons as a motionless uniform background. However, in real neutron stars, neutrons are free…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-02 F. Castillo , A. Reisenegger , J. A. Valdivia

Using a numerical simulation, we study the effects of ambipolar diffusion and ohmic diffusion on the magnetic field evolution in the interior of an isolated neutron star. We are interested in the behavior of the magnetic field on a long…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jaime Hoyos , Andreas Reisenegger , Juan A. Valdivia

To determine the properties of the Faraday screen and the magnetic field near the central region of the Galaxy, we measured the Faraday rotation measure (RM) towards 60 background extragalactic source components through the -6 deg < l <6…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Subhashis Roy , A. Pramesh Rao , Ravi Subrahmanyan

Little is known about the origin and basic properties of magnetic fields in clusters of galaxies. High conductivity in magnetized interstellar plasma suggests that galactic magnetic fields are (at least partly) ejected into intracluster…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Yinon Arieli , Yoel Rephaeli , Michael L. Norman

Observing the magnetic fields of low-mass interacting galaxies tells us how they have evolved over cosmic time and their importance in galaxy evolution. We have measured the Faraday rotation of 80 extra-galactic radio sources behind the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-22 J. D. Livingston , N. M. McClure-Griffiths , S. A. Mao , Y. K. Ma , B. M. Gaensler , G. Heald , A. Seta

We revisit the various approximations employed to study the long-term evolution of the magnetic field in neutron star cores and discuss their limitations and possible improvements. A recent controversy on the correct form of the induction…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-28 Andrea Passamonti , Taner Akgün , José Pons , Juan Antonio Miralles

We propose a general method to self-consistently study the quasistationary evolution of the magnetic field in the cores of neutron stars. The traditional approach to this problem is critically revised. Our results are illustrated by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-08 M. E. Gusakov , E. M. Kantor , D. D. Ofengeim

Stars form predominantly in clusters inside dense clumps of molecular clouds that are both turbulent and magnetized. The typical size and mass of the cluster-forming clumps are $\sim 1$ pc and $\sim 10^2 - $ 10$^3$ M$_\odot$, respectively.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 Fumitaka Nakamura , Zhi-Yun Li

There are indications that the magnetic field evolution in galaxies might be massively shaped by tidal interactions and mergers between galaxies. The details of the connection between the evolution of magnetic fields and that of their host…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-15 Simon Selg , Wolfram Schmidt

Magnetic fields in the intracluster medium (ICM) affect the structure and the evolution of galaxy clusters. However, their properties are largely unknown, and measuring magnetic fields in galaxy clusters is challenging, especially on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 Yue Hu , A. Lazarian , Yuan Li , Irina Zhuravleva , Marie-Lou Gendron-Marsolais

The configuration and evolution of the magnetic field in star-forming cores are investigated in order to directly compare simulations and observations. We prepare four different initial clouds having different magnetic field strengths and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Akimasa Kataoka , Masahiro N. Machida , Kohji Tomisaka

We study the evolution of magnetic fields in turbulent hot plasma of the early Universe accounting for the chiral magnetic effect. The magnetohydrodynamic turbulence is modeled by replacing the matter velocity in the advection term in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-17 Maxim Dvornikov

In a series of three papers, we introduced a novel cluster formation model that describes the formation, growth, and disruption of star clusters in high-resolution cosmological simulations. We tested this model on a Milky Way-sized galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-18 Hui Li , Oleg Gnedin

We studied the collapse of rotating molecular cloud cores with inclined magnetic fields, based on three-dimensional numerical simulations.The numerical simulations start from a rotating Bonnor-Ebert isothermal cloud in a uniform magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Masahiro N. Machida , Tomoaki Matsumoto , Tomoyuki Hanawa , Kohji Tomisaka
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