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We conduct a series of magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations of magnetized interstellar medium (ISM) disturbed by exploding stars. Each star deposits a randomly oriented, dipolar magnetic field into ISM. The simulations are performed in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-10 K. Kowalik , M. Hanasz

Radio synchrotron emission is a powerful tool to study the strength and structure of magnetic fields in galaxies. Unpolarized synchrotron emission traces isotropic turbulent fields which are strongest in spiral arms and bars (20-30 \mu G)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-11 Rainer Beck

Galaxies exhibit a sequence of various morphological types, i.e., the Hubble sequence, and they are basically composed of spheroidal components (elliptical galaxies and bulges in spiral galaxies) and disks. It is known that spheroidal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Tomonori Totani

The origin of the micro-Gauss magnetic fields in galaxy clusters is one of the outstanding problem of modern cosmology. We have performed three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations of the nonrelativistic Weibel instability in an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Mikhail V. Medvedev , Luis O. Silva , Marc Kamionkowski

Internal stellar magnetic fields are inaccessible to direct observations and little is known about their amplitude, geometry and evolution. We demonstrate that strong magnetic fields in the cores of red giant stars can be identified with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-26 Jim Fuller , Matteo Cantiello , Dennis Stello , Rafael A. Garcia , Lars Bildsten

The existence of magnetic fields in the universe is unmistakable. They are observed at all scales from stars to galaxy clusters. However, the origin of these fields remains enigmatic. It is believed that magnetic field seeds may have…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-17 Orfeu Bertolami , Maria Margarida Lima , Filipe C. Mena

We wish to clarify whether strong magnetic fields can be effectively generated in typically low-mass dwarf galaxies and to assess the role of dwarf galaxies in the magnetization of the Universe. We performed a search for radio emission and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Krzysztof T. Chyzy , Marek Wezgowiec , Rainer Beck , Dominik J. Bomans

Fast rotating cool stars are characterised by high magnetic activity levels and frequently show dark spots up to polar latitudes. Their distinctive surface distributions of magnetic flux are investigated in the context of the solar-stellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 V. Holzwarth

Isolated magnetic white dwarfs have field strengths ranging from kilogauss to gigagauss. However, the origin of the magnetic field has not been hitherto elucidated. Whether these fields are fossil, hence the remnants of original weak…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-22 Jordi Isern , Enrique García-Berro , Baybars Külebi , Pablo Lorén-Aguilar

Magnetic fields on a range of scales play a large role in the ecosystems of galaxies, both in the galactic disk and in the extended layers of gas away from the plane. Observing magnetic field strength, structure and orientation is complex,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Marijke Haverkorn , Volker Heesen

Observations of $\gamma$-ray from blazars suggest the presence of magnetic fields in the intergalactic medium, which may require a primordial origin. Intense enough primordial magnetic fields can arise from theories of dynamical electroweak…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-26 Martin Arteaga Tupia , Anish Ghoshal , Alessandro Strumia

As one of the prime contributors to the interstellar medium energy budget, magnetic fields naturally play a part in shaping the evolution of galaxies. Galactic magnetic fields can originate from strong primordial magnetic fields provided…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-03 Sergio Martin-Alvarez , Adrianne Slyz , Julien Devriendt , Carlos Gómez-Guijarro

Recent asteroseismic analyses have revealed the presence of strong (B $\gtrsim 10^5$ G) magnetic fields in the cores of many red giant stars. Here, we examine the implications of these results for the evolution of stellar magnetic fields,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-15 Matteo Cantiello , Jim Fuller , Lars Bildsten

We present a model for the seeding and evolution of magnetic fields in galaxies by supernovae (SN). SN explosions during galaxy assembly provide seed fields, which are subsequently amplified by compression, shear flows and random motions.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-11 Alexander M. Beck , Klaus Dolag

Here we summarize our recent results of high-resolution computer simulations on the turbulent amplification of weak magnetic seed fields showing that such fields will be exponentially amplified also during the gravitational collapse…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-22 Robi Banerjee , Sharanya Sur , Christoph Federrath , Dominik R. G. Schleicher , Ralf S. Klessen

We show that the relatively strong magnetic fields ($\ge 1 \mu$G) in high redshift objects can be explained by the combined action of an evolving protogalactic fluctuation and electrodynamic processes providing the magnetic seed fields.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Harald Lesch , Masashi Chiba

Earlier Enqvist and Olesen have shown that formation of ferromagnetic planar walls in vacuum at GUT scales in comoving plasmas may generate a large scale magnetic field of $B_{now}\simeq{10^{-14}G}$. In this paper we show that starting from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-18 L. C. Garcia de Andrade

Most of the visible matter in the Universe is ionized, so that cosmic magnetic fields are quite easy to generate and due to the lack of magnetic monopoles hard to destroy. Magnetic fields have been measured in or around practically all…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-06 Rainer Beck , Richard Wielebinski

A new magnetic field generation mechanism in electrostatic shocks is found, which can produce fields with magnetic energy density as high as 0.01 of the kinetic energy density of the flows on time scales $ \tilde \, 10^4 \,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 A. Stockem , T. Grismayer , R. A. Fonseca , L. O. Silva

Magnetic fields are dynamically important in the diffuse interstellar medium. Understanding how gravitationally bound, star-forming clouds form requires modeling of the fields in a self-consistent, supernova-driven, turbulent, magnetized,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-16 Juan C. Ibáñez-Mejía , Mordecai-Mark Mac Low , Ralf S. Klessen