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Striations are diffuse, linear, quasi-periodic, and magnetized structures located in the outskirts of molecular clouds. These structures seem to play an important role during the earliest stages of star formation. Theoretical models suggest…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-03 Raphael Skalidis , Konstantinos Tassis , Aris Tritsis , Paul F Goldsmith

In this contribution I review some of the major work that have been undertaken in the last decade to study the magnetic fields in intermediate-mass pre-main sequence stars, with the goal of understanding the origin of the magnetic fields…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-08 E. Alecian

We develop an unconditionally stable numerical method for solving the coupling between two fluids (frictional forces/heatings, ionization, and recombination), and investigate the dynamical condensation process of thermally unstable gas that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-20 Tsuyoshi Inoue , Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

We present a detailed study of the magnetic field structure in the G111 molecular cloud, a ring-like filamentary cloud within the NGC 7538 region. We utilized interstellar dust polarization from the Planck telescope to trace large-scale…

This paper provides an introduction to a number of astrophysics problems related to strong magnetic fields. The first part deals with issues related to atoms, condensed matter and high-energy processes in very strong magnetic fields, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-16 Dong Lai

A 2D dynamic model is utilized to investigate star formation in rotating filamentary molecular clouds (FMCs) amidst magnetic fields. The study reveals that the emergence of field stars is possible under both weak and strong magnetic fields…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-31 Ashok Mondal

Stars and planets are formed inside dense interstellar molecular clouds, by processes imprinted on the 3-dimensional (3D) morphology of the clouds. Determining the 3D structure of interstellar clouds remains challenging, due to projection…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-06 Aris Tritsis , Konstantinos Tassis

The presence of magnetic fields in O-type stars has been suspected for a long time. The discovery of such fields would explain a wide range of well documented enigmatic phenomena in massive stars, in particular cyclical wind variability,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Hubrig , M. Schoeller , R. S. Schnerr , I. Ilyin , H. F. Henrichs , R. Ignace , J. F. Gonzalez

By comparing cumulative linear mass profiles of 12 Gould Belt molecular clouds within 500 pc, we study how the linear mass distributions of molecular clouds vary with the angles between the molecular cloud long axes and the directions of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-25 Chi Yan Law , Hua Bai Li , Pokin Leung

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

We study the magnetic field to density ($B-\rho$) relation in turbulent molecular clouds with dynamically important magnetic fields using nonideal three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations. Our simulations show that there is a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-03-30 Sayantan Auddy , Shantanu Basu , Takahiro Kudoh

We examine the effect of magnetic fields on star cluster formation by performing simulations following the self-gravitating collapse of a turbulent molecular cloud to form stars in ideal MHD. The collapse of the cloud is computed for global…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Daniel Price , Matthew Bate

(abridged) Together with gravity, turbulence, and stellar feedback, magnetic fields (B-fields) are thought to play a critical role in the evolution of molecular clouds and star formation processes. We aim to map the morphology and measure…

Due to dust grain alignment with magnetic fields, dust polarization observations of far-infrared emission from cold molecular clouds are often used to trace magnetic fields, allowing a probe of the effects of magnetic fields on the star…

In order to develop a more comprehensive picture of star formation, it is essential to understand the physical relationship between dense cores and the filaments embedding them. There is evidence that magnetic fields play a crucial role in…

In the past, different works based on numerical simulations have been presented to explain magnetic fields (MFs) in the large scale structure and within galaxy clusters. In this review, I will summarize the main findings obtained by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Klaus Dolag

We present a study of the relative orientation between the magnetic field projected onto the plane of sky ($B_{\perp}$) on scales down to 0.4 pc, inferred from the polarized thermal emission of Galactic dust observed by Planck at 353 GHz,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-03-04 Juan D. Soler

The diffusion of astrophysical magnetic fields in conducting fluids in the presence of turbulence depends on whether magnetic fields can change their topology via reconnection in highly conducting media. Recent progress in understanding…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-12-17 R. Santos-Lima , A. Lazarian , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , J. Cho

Magnetic fields are everywhere in the Universe and in our everyday life and many processes are affected by their presence, generating a rich phenomenology that depends also on other possible external agents. We review here some results,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-06-16 Gabriella Piccinelli , Angel Sanchez , Jorge Jaber-Urquiza

Magnetic fields are present in a wide variety of stars throughout the HR diagram and play a role at basically all evolutionary stages, from very-low-mass dwarfs to very massive stars, and from young star-forming molecular clouds and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 JF Donati , JD Landstreet