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Faraday rotation measure (RM) is arguably the most practical observational tracer of magnetic fields in the diffuse circumgalactic medium (CGM). We sample synthetic Faraday rotation skies of Milky Way-like galaxies in TNG50 of the…

The magnetic field of the solar wind near the Sun is very difficult to measure directly. Measurements of Faraday rotation of linearly polarized radio sources occulted by the solar wind provide a unique opportunity to estimate this magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 X. P. You , W. A. Coles , G. B. Hobbs , R. N. Manchester

We present radio continuum and polarization images of the North Polar Spur (NPS) from the Global Magneto-Ionic Medium Survey (GMIMS) conducted with the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory 26-m Telescope. We fit polarization angle…

We present a study of the rotation measure (RM) obtained from a sample of extra-galactic radio sources either embedded in or seen in projection through a sample of seven southern galaxy clusters (declination less than 30 degrees). We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Johnston-Hollitt , R. D. Ekers

The repeating FRB source, FRB 20201124A, was found to be highly active in March and April 2021. We observed the source with the Effelsberg 100-m radio telescope at 1.36 GHz on 9 April 2021 and detected 20 bursts. A downward drift in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-01 G. H. Hilmarsson , L. G. Spitler , R. A. Main , D. Z. Li

We report on full-polarization radio observations of the Perseus cluster (Abell 426) using the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) at wavelengths from 81-95 cm. We have employed a novel technique, Rotation Measure synthesis…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. G. de Bruyn , M. A. Brentjens

We present full-polarisation, broadband observations of the radio galaxy NGC 612 (PKS B0131-637) from 1.3 to 3.1 GHz using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. The relatively large angular scale of the radio galaxy makes it a good…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-07 J. F. Kaczmarek , C. R. Purcell , B. M. Gaensler , X. Sun , S. P. O'Sullivan , N. M. McClure-Griffiths

A sample of large northern Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS) galaxies has recently been observed with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT). We present observations of the linearly polarized radio continuum emission…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 G. Heald , R. Braun , R. Edmonds

The Faraday rotation measure (RM) is a commonly used tool to trace electron number density and magnetic fields in hot accretion flows, particularly in low-luminosity accreting supermassive black holes. We focus on the nuclear region of M87,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-21 Constanza Echiburú-Trujillo , Jason Dexter

We present new polarisation observations at 13 cm, acquired using the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT), of 65 sources, from the B3-VLA sample of Compact Steep-Spectrum sources. These new data are combined with our VLA…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Rossetti , D. Dallacasa , C. Fanti , R. Fanti , K. -H. Mack

Interstellar polarization at far-infrared through millimeter wavelengths (0.1 - 1 mm) is primarily due to thermal emission from dust grains aligned with magnetic fields. This mechanism has led to studies of magnetic fields in a variety of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-04-14 John E. Vaillancourt

Motivated by recent observations that show increasing fractional linear polarization with increasing wavelength in a small number of optically thin jet features, i.e. "inverse depolarization", we present a physical model that can explain…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Daniel C. Homan

Results from a survey of the parsec scale Faraday rotation measure properties for 40 quasars, radio galaxies and BL Lac objects are presented. Core rotation measures for quasars vary from approximately 500 to several thousand radians per…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. T. Zavala , G. B. Taylor

We study model images and polarization maps of Sagittarius A* at 230 GHz. We post-process GRMHD simulations and perform a fully relativistic radiative transfer calculation of the emitted synchrotron radiation to obtain polarized images for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-15 Alejandra Jiménez-Rosales , Jason Dexter

This paper investigates the fascinating diffuse polarization structures at 350 MHz that have previously been tentatively attributed to the Perseus cluster and, more specifically, tries to find out whether the structures are located at (or…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 M. A. Brentjens

These Faraday rotation calculations of hot, thick accretion flows are motivated by the measured steady rotation measure (RM) of $\approx -6 \times 10^5$ rad m$^{-2}$ from Sgr A*. In our numerical simulations, the quasi-steady state…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Prateek Sharma , Eliot Quataert , James M. Stone

The Galactic magnetic field is an integral constituent of the interstellar medium (ISM), and knowledge of its structure is crucial to understanding Galactic dynamics. The Rotation Measures (RM) of extragalactic (EG) sources have been the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-28 Anna Ordog , Rebecca A. Booth , Cameron L. Van Eck , Jo-Anne C. Brown , Thomas L. Landecker

We present a study of the magnetic field of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), carried out using diffuse polarized synchrotron emission data at 1.4 GHz acquired at the Parkes Radio Telescope and the Australia Telescope Compact Array. The…

Modern radio telescopes are extremely sensitive to plasma on the line of sight from a radio source to the antenna. Plasmas in the corona and solar wind produce measurable changes in the radio wave amplitude and phase, and the phase…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Steven R. Spangler , Catherine A. Whiting

With the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT), multi-frequency polarimetric images were taken of the diffuse radio synchrotron background in a region centered on (l,b) = (161,16). The observations were done simultaneously in 5…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 Marijke Haverkorn , Peter Katgert , Ger de Bruyn