scholarly journals Study of the Magnetic Field of the Galaxy using Correlation Functions of the Intensity of Synchrotron Background Radio Emission

1996 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
pp. 615-616
Author(s):  
V.R. Shoutenkov

The possibility to study magnetic field of the Galaxy calculating correlation or structure functions of synchrotron background radio emission have been known long ago (Kaplan and Pikel'ner (1963); Getmantsev (1958)). But this method had not been as popular as other methods of magnetic field studies. However theoretical calculations made by Chibisov and Ptuskin (1981) showed that correlation functions of intensity of synchrotron background radio emission can give a lot of valuable information about galactic magnetic fields because of the intensity of synchrotron background radio emission depends on H⊥. According to this theory correlation C(θ, φ) and structure S(θ, φ) functions of intensity, as functions of angular separation θ between two lines of sight and position angle φ on the sky between this two lines of sight, can be presented as a sum of isotropic (not dependent from angle φ) and anisotropic parts:

2000 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
pp. 265-266
Author(s):  
D. Mitra ◽  
S. Konar ◽  
D. Bhattacharya ◽  
A. V. Hoensbroech ◽  
J. H. Seiradakis ◽  
...  

AbstractThe evolution of the multipolar structure of the magnetic field of isolated neutron stars is studied assuming the currents to be confined to the crust. Lower orders (≤ 25) of multipole are seen to evolve in a manner similar to the dipole suggesting little or no evolution of the expected pulse shape. We also study the multifrequency polarization position angle traverse of PSR B0329+54 and find a significant frequency dependence above 2.7 GHz. We interpret this as an evidence of strong multipolar magnetic field present in the radio emission region.


1990 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 215-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sukumar ◽  
R.J. Allen

Recent VLA 20 cm radio continuum observations of the southern face-on barred spiral M83 reveal that the magnetic field is very highly aligned at the outer regions (~12 kpc radius) and totally disrupted in the inner regions (<6 kpc) of the galaxy. The RM variation suggests an axisymmetric morphology for the magnetic field. VLA 6 cm continuum polarization observations of the edge-on spiral NGC 891 reveal ordered magnetic fields at large Z-distances (~3 kpc) from the galactic plane, probably emanating from the disk through instabilities.


1990 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 65-66
Author(s):  
A.N. Makarov ◽  
R.R. Andreassian

The results of a study of the magnetic field of the Galaxy up to ~3.5 kpc from the Sun by the analysis of interstellar polarization of optical radiation of catalogue stars (Mathewson et al., 1978) are presented. For the regions 90° < l <180° and 300° < l < 360°, where the polarization degree P is maximum, the empirical form is found.


1946 ◽  
Vol 70 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 777-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyman Spitzer

1970 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 168-183
Author(s):  
E. N. Parker

The topic of this presentation is the origin and dynamical behavior of the magnetic field and cosmic-ray gas in the disk of the Galaxy. In the space available I can do no more than mention the ideas that have been developed, with but little explanation and discussion. To make up for this inadequacy I have tried to give a complete list of references in the written text, so that the interested reader can pursue the points in depth (in particular see the review articles Parker, 1968a, 1969a, 1970). My purpose here is twofold, to outline for you the calculations and ideas that have developed thus far, and to indicate the uncertainties that remain. The basic ideas are sound, I think, but, when we come to the details, there are so many theoretical alternatives that need yet to be explored and so much that is not yet made clear by observations.


1998 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 165-166
Author(s):  
A. B. Pushkarev ◽  
D. C. Gabuzda

AbstractThe polarization electric vectors in the VLBI jets of BL Lacertae objects are typically aligned with the jet structure. If the jet radio emission is optically thin synchrotron emission, this implies that the magnetic field is perpendicular to the jet, usually interpreted as a signature of shocks. The distribution of polarization position angles in the VLBI core components appears to be bimodal, with the polarization angles either aligned with or perpendicular to the jet direction. In order to study the origin of this characteristic polarization structure, we have made VLBI polarization observations of all 34 sources in the Kühr and Schmidt sample of BL Lacertae objects.


2020 ◽  
Vol 499 (4) ◽  
pp. 4785-4792
Author(s):  
Bastian Körtgen ◽  
Juan D Soler

ABSTRACT Magnetic fields are a dynamically important agent for regulating structure formation in the interstellar medium. The study of the relative orientation between the local magnetic field and gas (column-) density gradient has become a powerful tool to analyse the magnetic field’s impact on the dense gas formation in the Galaxy. In this study, we perform numerical simulations of a non-gravitating, isothermal gas, where the turbulence is driven either solenoidally or compressively. We find that only simulations with an initially strong magnetic field (plasma-β &lt; 1) show a change in the preferential orientation between the magnetic field and isodensity contours, from mostly parallel at low densities to mostly perpendicular at higher densities. Hence, compressive turbulence alone is not capable of inducing the transition observed towards nearby molecular clouds. At the same high initial magnetization, we find that solenoidal modes produce a sharper transition in the relative orientation with increasing density than compressive modes. We further study the time evolution of the relative orientation and find that it remains unchanged by the turbulent forcing after one dynamical time-scale.


1994 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 185-189
Author(s):  
Y. Murata ◽  
R. Kawabe ◽  
M. Ishiguro ◽  
K.-I. Morita ◽  
T. Hasegawa ◽  
...  

AbstractWe have made aperture synthesis multifield observations of Orion Molecular Cloud-1 (OMC-1) in the CS (J=1-0) line using the Nobeyama Millimeter Array (NMA), and obtained 9” resolution maps over 10’ length. The OMC-1 ridge shows a wiggled structure. The position angle of whole the ridge is ~ 0° - 10°, but ~ 20° - 30°around the clumps. It is possible to make this structure by the magnetic field with a position angle of ~ 150°. We also found filamentary structures in the northwest of Orion-KL, with a length-width ratio of more than 25, which are made by the gas flow from Orion-KL.


2011 ◽  
Vol 741 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. McLean ◽  
E. Berger ◽  
J. Irwin ◽  
J. Forbrich ◽  
A. Reiners

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