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Despite containing about a half of the total matter in the Universe, at most wavelengths the filamentary structure of the cosmic web is difficult to observe. In this work, we use large unigrid cosmological simulations to investigate how the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 Claudio Gheller , Franco Vazza , Marcus Brueggen , Mehmet Alpaslan , Benne Willem Holwerda , Andrew Hopkins , Jochen Liske

Magnetic fields have been observed on all scales in our Galaxy, from AU to kpc. With pulsar dispersion measures and rotation measures, we can directly measure the magnetic fields in a very large region of the Galactic disk. The results show…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-01 Jinlin Han

We review the observational and theoretical constraints on extragalactic magnetic fields across cosmic environment. In the next decade, the combination of sophisticated numerical simulations and various observational probes might succeed in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-02 Franco Vazza

The average strength of the total magnetic field in the Milky Way, derived from radio synchrotron data under the energy equipartition assumption, is 6\muG locally and \simeq 10\muG at 3 kpc Galactic radius. Optical and synchrotron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Rainer Beck

Magnetic fields constitute an energetic component of the interstellar medium in galaxies and hence can affect the formation of galactic structures. Sensitive resolved radio continuum observations together with statistical studies in galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-20 Fatemeh S. Tabatabaei

We derive an upper limit of $B_0<3.4\times 10^{-9}(\Omega_0h_{50}^2)^{1/2}$ Gauss on the present strength of any primordial homogeneous magnetic field. The microwave background anisotropy created by cosmological magnetic fields is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 John D. Barrow , Pedro G. Ferreira , Joseph Silk

There are at present more then 30 theories about the origin of cosmic magnetic fields at galactic and intergalactic scales. Most of them rely on concepts of elementary particle physics, like phase transitions in the early Universe, string…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Battaner , H. Lesch

Measuring the properties of extragalactic magnetic fields through the effect of Faraday rotation provides a means to understand the origin and evolution of cosmic magnetism. Here we use data from the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) to…

We use numerical simulations of turbulent cluster-forming regions to study the nature of dense filamentary structures in star formation. Using four hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic simulations chosen to match observations, we identify…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Helen Kirk , Ralph Pudritz , Mikhail Klassen , Samantha Pillsworth

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

The origin of extragalactic magnetic fields is still poorly understood. Based on a dedicated suite of cosmological magneto-hydrodynamical simulations with the ENZO code we have performed a survey of different models that may have caused…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-22 F. Vazza , M. Brüggen , C. Gheller , S. Hackstein , D. Wittor , P. M. Hinz

We study the effects of strong magnetic fields on the neutron star structure. If the interior field of a star is on the same order of the surface field currently observed, the influences of the magnetic field on the star mass and radius are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Guangjun Mao , Akira Iwamoto , Zhuxia Li

From our radio continuum and polarization observations of a sample of spiral galaxies with different morphological types, inclinations, and star formation rates (SFR) we found that galaxies with low SFR have higher thermal fractions/…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-13 Marita Krause

We suggest a two-dimensional wavelet devised to deduce the large-scale structure of a physical field (e.g., the Galactic magnetic field) from its integrals along straight paths from irregularly spaced data points to a fixed interior point…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. Stepanov , P. Frick , A. Shukurov , D. Sokoloff

Multi-frequency radio polarimetry of the diffuse Galactic synchrotron background gives new viewpoints on the Galactic magnetic field. Rotation measure maps reveal magnetic structures on arcminute to degree scales, such as a ring in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. Haverkorn , P. Katgert , A. G. de Bruyn , F. Heitsch

The physics of magnetic fields ($\textbf{B}$) and cosmic rays (CRs) have recently been included in simulations of galaxy formation. However, significant uncertainties remain in how these components affect galaxy evolution. To understand…

The continuous flow of gas and dark matter across scales in the cosmic web can generate correlated dynamical properties of haloes and filaments (and the magnetic fields they contain). With this work, we study the halo spin properties and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Serena Banfi , Franco Vazza , Claudio Gheller

Problems and perspectives concerning the existence of large-scale magnetic fields are described. Heeding observations, possible origins and implications of magnetic fields in spiral galaxies and in regular clusters are scrutinized in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Giovannini

The origin of magnetic fields in the Universe is an open problem in astrophysics and fundamental physics. Our present-day knowledge is limited to regions of strong magnetic fields and to star-forming disks of galaxies. Low-energy electrons…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-02 Rainer Beck

Magnetic fields are an energetically important component of star-formation galaxies, but it is often difficult to measure their properties from observations. One of the complexities stems from the fact that the magnetic fields, especially…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-08-09 Amit Seta , Christoph Federrath