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[ABRIDGED] The knowledge of the regular component of the Galactic magnetic field gives important information about the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way, as well as constitutes a basic tool to determine cosmic rays trajectories. It…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 B. Ruiz-Granados , J. A. Rubino-Martin , E. Battaner

(Abridged) We use new multi-wavelength radio observations, made with the VLA and Effelsberg telescopes, to study the magnetic field of the nearby galaxy M51 on scales from $200\pc$ to several $\kpc$. Interferometric and single dish data are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. Fletcher , R. Beck , A. Shukurov , E. M. Berkhuijsen , C. Horellou

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

Observations of the southern peculiar galaxy NGC 2442 with the Australia Telescope Compact Array in total and linearly polarized radio continuum at 6cm are presented and compared with previously obtained H$\alpha$ data. The distribution of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Harnett , M. Ehle , A. Fletcher , R. Beck , R. Haynes , S. Ryder , M. Thierbach , R. Wielebinski

Radio continuum observations of barred galaxies revealed strong magnetic fields of >= 50-100 muG in the circumnuclear starbursts. Such fields are dynamically important and give rise to magnetic stress that causes inflow of gas towards the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 Rainer Beck

With this Letter, we complete our model of the Galactic magnetic field (GMF), by using the WMAP7 22 GHz total synchrotron intensity map and our earlier results to obtain a 13-parameter model of the Galactic random field, and to determine…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-07-10 Ronnie Jansson , Glennys R. Farrar

The presence of magnetic fields in the intracluster medium in clusters of galaxies has been revealed through several different observational techniques. These fields may be dynamically important in clusters as they will provide additional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Tracy E. Clarke

Violent gravitational interactions can change the morphologies of galaxies and, by means of merging, transform them into elliptical galaxies. We aim to investigate how they affect the evolution of galactic magnetic fields. We selected 16…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-23 Robert T. Drzazga , Krzysztof T. Chyzy , Wojciech Jurusik , Krzysztof Wiorkiewicz

Coherent structures in the distribution of the Faraday rotation measure of extragalactic radio sources are isolated using wavelet transformation technique. Signatures of the magnetic fields in the local (Orion) spiral arm, the Sagittarius…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Frick , R. Stepanov , A. Shukurov , D. Sokoloff

We present a study of the Milky Way disk and halo magnetic field, determined from observations of Faraday rotation measure (RM) towards 641 polarized extragalactic radio sources in the Galactic longitude range 100-117 degs, within 30 degs…

We search for observational signatures of magnetic helicity in data from all-sky radio polarization surveys of the Milky Way Galaxy. Such a detection would help confirm the dynamo origin of the field and may provide new observational…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 J. L. West , R. N. Henriksen , K. Ferrière , A. Woodfinden , T. Jaffe , B. M. Gaensler , J. A. Irwin

We seek the conditions for a {\it steady} mean field galactic dynamo. The parameter set is reduced to those appearing in the $\alpha^2$ and $\alpha/\omega$ dynamo, namely velocity amplitudes, and the ratio of sub-scale helicity to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-28 R. N. Henriksen

Recent catalog of Faraday rotation measures (RM) of extragalactic sources together with the synchrotron polarization data from WMAP and Planck provides us with a wealth of information on magnetic fields of the Galaxy. However, the integral…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-01-29 Alexander Korochkin , Dmitri Semikoz , Peter Tinyakov

Observations suggest a slower stellar rotation relative to gas rotation in the outer part of the Milky Way Galaxy. This difference could be attributed to an interaction with the interstellar magnetic field. In a simple model, fields of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-21 Joanna Jałocha , Łukasz Bratek , Jan Pękala , Szymon Sikora , Marek Kutschera

Recent rotation measure observations of a dozen or so galaxy clusters have revealed a surprisingly large amount of magnetic fields, whose estimated energy and flux are, on average, $\sim 10^{58}$ ergs and $\sim 10^{41}$ G cm$^2$,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stirling A. Colgate , Hui Li

In this review, I will first introduce possible methods to probe the large-scale magnetic fields in our Galaxy and discuss their limitations. The magnetic fields in the Galactic halo, mainly revealed by the sky distribution of rotation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. L. Han

We investigate the effect of the Milky Way's magnetic field in star forming regions using archived 350 micron polarization data on 52 Galactic star formation regions from the Hertz polarimeter module. The polarization angles and percentages…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Ian W. Stephens , Leslie W. Looney , C. Darren Dowell , John E. Vaillancourt , Konstantinos Tassis

The magnetic structure in the Galactic disk, the Galactic center and the Galactic halo can be delineated more clearly than ever before. In the Galactic disk, the magnetic structure has been revealed by starlight polarization within 2 or 3…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2009-11-13 J. L. Han

We examine the constraints imposed by Faraday rotation measures of extragalactic point sources on the structure of the magnetic field in the halo of our Galaxy. Guided by radio polarization observations of external spiral galaxies, we look…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-03-29 Philippe Terral , Katia Ferriere

Pulsars can act as an excellent probe of the Milky Way magnetic field. The average strength of the Galactic magnetic field component parallel to the line of sight can be estimated as $\langle B_\parallel \rangle = 1.232 \,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-27 Amit Seta , Christoph Federrath