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We present 850 micron polarimetry from the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope toward several dense cores within the dark cloud Barnard 1 in Perseus. Significant polarized emission is detected from across the mapped area and is not confined to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Brenda C. Matthews , Christine D. Wilson

The HH 1-2 region in the L1641 molecular cloud was observed in the near-IR J, H, and Ks bands, and imaging polarimetry was performed. Seventy six point-like sources were detected in all three bands. The near-IR polarizations of these…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Jungmi Kwon , Minho Choi , Soojong Pak , Ryo Kandori , Motohide Tamura , Tetsuya Nagata , Shuji Sato

We describe a first attempt to derive properties of the regular and turbulent Galactic magnetic field from multi-frequency polarimetric observations of the diffuse Galactic synchrotron background. A single-cell-size model of the thin…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Haverkorn , P. Katgert , A. G. de Bruyn

Several independent lines of evidence reveal that a relatively strong and highly ordered magnetic field is present throughout the Galaxy's central molecular zone (CMZ). The field within dense clouds of the central molecular zone is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-14 Mark R. Morris

The central regions of galaxies harbor some of the most extreme physical phenomena, including dense stellar clusters, non-circular motions of molecular clouds and strong and pervasive magnetic field structures. In particular, radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Cornelia C. Lang , Maria R. Drout

A great deal of study has been carried out over the last twenty years on the origin of the magnetic activity in the Galactic center. One of the most popular hypotheses assumes milli-Gauss magnetic field with poloidal geometry, pervading the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stanislav Boldyrev , Farhad Yusef-Zadeh

Context: Cosmic-ray propagation is strongly dependent on the large-scale configuration of the Galactic magnetic field. In particular, the Galactic center (GC) region provides highly interesting cosmic-ray data from gamma-ray maps and it is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-04 Mehmet Guenduez , Julia Becker Tjus , Katia Ferrière , Ralf-Jürgen Dettmar

This work combines new observations of NIR starlight linear polarimetry with previously simulated observations in order to constrain dynamo models of the Galactic magnetic field. Polarimetric observations were obtained with the Mimir…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 Michael D. Pavel , Dan P. Clemens , April F. Pinnick

We compute polarization maps for molecular cloud cores modeled as magnetized singular isothermal toroids, under the assumption that the emitting dust grains are aspherical and aligned with the large-scale magnetic field. We show that,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Goncalves , D. Galli , M. Walmsley

Magnetic fields are widely observed in various astronomical contexts, yet much remains unknown about their significance across different systems and cosmic epochs. Our current knowledge of the evolution of magnetic fields is limited by…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-04 Jianhang Chen , Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez , R. J. Ivison , James E. Geach , Simon Dye , Xiaohui Liu , George Bendo

Using the imaging polarimeter for the Submillimeter Common User Bolometric Array at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, we have detected polarized thermal emission at 850 micron from dust toward three star-forming core systems in the Orion B…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 B. C. Matthews , J. D. Fiege , G. H. Moriarty-Schieven

Imaging polarimetry at 1.65 and 2.2 $\mu $m is presented for the classic starburst galaxy M82 and the advanced merger system Cen A. Polarimetry at near IR wavelengths allows the magnetic field geometry in galaxies to be probed much deeper…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Terry Jay Jones

Polarization of interstellar dust emission is a powerful probe of dust properties and magnetic field structure. Yet studies of external galaxies are hampered by foreground dust contribution. The aim of this study is to separate the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-30 D. Alina , J. -Ph. Bernard , K. H. Yuen , A. Lazarian , A. Hughes , M. Iskakova , A. Akimkhan , A. Mukanova

The first polarimetric images of the OMC-3 region of the Orion A filamentary molecular cloud are presented. Using the JCMT, we have detected polarized thermal emission at 850 microns from dust along a 6' length of the dense filament. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Brenda C. Matthews , Christine D. Wilson

We present a novel statistical analysis aimed at deriving the intrinsic shapes and magnetic field orientations of molecular clouds using dust emission and polarization observations by the Hertz polarimeter. Our observables are the aspect…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 K. Tassis , C. D. Dowell , R. H. Hildebrand , L. Kirby , J. E. Vaillancourt

Far-infrared polarized emission by means of magnetically aligned dust grains is an excellent tracer of the magnetic fields (B-fields) in the cold phase of the galactic outflows in starburst galaxies. We present a comprehensive study of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-16 Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez

Dust polarization orientations in molecular clouds often tend to be close to tangential to the Stokes $I$ dust continuum emission contours. The magnetic field and the emission gradient orientations, therefore, show some correlation. A…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 Patrick M. Koch , Ya-Wen Tang , Paul T. P. Ho

The amplitude of the magnetic field near the Galactic Centre has been uncertain by two orders of magnitude for several decades. On a scale of approximately 100 pc fields of approximately 1000 microG have been reported, implying a magnetic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-01-11 Roland M. Crocker , David Jones , Fulvio Melia , Jürgen Ott , Raymond J. Protheroe

The nature of the magnetic field structure throughout the Galactic Center (GC) has long been of interest. The recent Far-InfraREd Polarimetric Large-Area CMZ Exploration (FIREPLACE) Survey reveals preliminary connections between the…

Several sets of data show that small interstellar grains captured in interstellar magnetic fields draped over the heliosphere appear to polarize the light of nearby stars. The maximum polarization direction is offset in ecliptic longitude…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Priscilla C. Frisch