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Using cosmological MHD simulations of the magnetic field in galaxy clusters and filaments we evaluate the possibility to infer the magnetic field strength in filaments by measuring cross-correlation functions between Faraday Rotation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 F. Stasyszyn , S. E. Nuza , K. Dolag , R. Beck , J. Donnert

This Letter explores influences of intracluster magnetic fields ($\gsim 1\mu$G) submerged in the hot electron gas on classic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect (SZE) and thermal bremsstrahlung in X-ray emissions. As the Larmor frequency is much…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jian Hu , Yu-Qing Lou

The goal of this work is to constrain the strength and structure of the magnetic field in the nearby cluster of galaxies A2255. At radio wavelengths A2255 is characterized by the presence of a polarized radio halo at the cluster center, a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Govoni , M. Murgia , L. Feretti , G. Giovannini , K. Dolag , G. B. Taylor

Radio observations of galaxy clusters show that there are $\mu$G magnetic fields permeating the intra-cluster medium (ICM), but it is hard to accurately constrain the strength and structure of the magnetic fields without the help of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Hao Xu , Federica Govoni , Matteo Murgia , Hui Li , David C. Collins , Michael L. Norman , Renyue Cen , Luigina Feretti , Gabriele Giovannini

The detection of filaments in the cosmic web will be crucial to distinguish between the possible magnetogenesis scenarios and future large polarization surveys will be able to shed light on their magnetization level. In this work, we use…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-29 Nicola Locatelli , Franco Vazza , Paola Domínguez-Fernández

We present the first cosmological simulations of primordial magnetic fields derived from the constraints by the Cosmic Microwave Background observations, based on the fields' gravitational effect on cosmological perturbations. We evolved…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 F. Vazza , D. Paoletti , S. Banfi , F. Finelli , C. Gheller , S. O'Sullivan , M. Brüggen

Radio observations have revealed magnetic fields in the intracluster medium (ICM) of galaxy clusters nearly in equipartition with turbulence. This suggests magnetic field amplification by dynamo processes. However, observations are limited…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-30 Yoan Rappaz , Jennifer Schober , Abhijit Bhausaheb Bendre , Amit Seta , Christoph Federrath

We study the influence of intracluster large scale magnetic fields on the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect. In a macroscopic approach we complete the hydrostatic equilibrium equation with the magnetic field pressure component.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. M. Koch , Ph. Jetzer , D. Puy

The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) is a fundamental observational tool in modern cosmology. The linear polarization of the CMB provides a crucial observational tool for exploring new physics, including the inflationary paradigm and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-12 Vyoma Muralidhara

We show that a direct coupling between a chameleon-like scalar field and photons can give rise to a modified Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The coupling induces a mixing between chameleon particles…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 Anne-Christine Davis , Camilla A. O. Schelpe , Douglas J. Shaw

Magnetic fields in large scale structure filaments beyond galaxy clusters remain poorly understood. Superclusters offer a unique setting to study these low density environments, where weak signals make detection challenging. The Faraday…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-13 G. V. Pignataro , S. P. O'Sullivan , A. Bonafede , G. Bernardi , F. Vazza , E. Carretti

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

We present high-resolution hydrodynamical simulations of the degree and direction of polarisation imprinted on the CMB by the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in the the line of sight to massive galaxy clusters. We focus on two contributions which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. Lavaux , J. M. Diego , H. Mathis , J. Silk

We review the present theoretical and numerical understanding of magnetic field amplification in cosmic large-scale structure, on length scales of galaxy clusters and beyond. Structure formation drives compression and turbulence, which…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-28 J. Donnert , F. Vazza , M. Brüggen , J. ZuHone

The existence of magnetic fields associated with the intracluster medium in clusters of galaxies is now well established through different methods of analysis. The most detailed evidence for the presence of cluster magnetic fields comes…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Federica Govoni

An important area of study of cosmic magnetic fields is on the largest scales, those of clusters of galaxies. In the last decade it has become clear that the intra-cluster medium (ICM) in clusters of galaxies is magnetized and that magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Feretti , M. Johnston-Hollitt

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 describe three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamical modelling of powerful radio galaxies in realistic poor cluster environments. This modelling extends our earlier work on the hydrodynamics of radio galaxies as a function of their cluster…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 M. J. Hardcastle , M. G. H. Krause

The existence of a primordial magnetic field at the last scattering surface may induce a measurable Faraday rotation in the polarization of the cosmic microwave background. We calculate the magnitude of this effect by evolving the radiative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Abraham Loeb , Arthur Kosowsky

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