Statistical tracing of turbulent magnetic fields in the optically thick interstellar medium

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Yang ◽  
Jian-Fu Zhang ◽  
Alex Lazarian ◽  
José Renan de Medeiros
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Mhd Turbulence ◽  
3D Data ◽  
Gradient Technique ◽  
The Magnetic Field ◽  
Good Agreement

Abstract Based on high-resolution 3D data cubes from Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence simulation, we study how to reveal the direction of the magnetic field within the optically thick interstellar medium by using the Velocity Gradient Technique (VGT), the Correlation Function Anisotropy (CFA), and Principal Component Analysis of Anisotropies (PCAA). Considering the CO molecular tracers as a tracing method for radiative transfer processes, we find that the VGT and CFA can successfully trace the orientation of mean magnetic fields, which is in good agreement with the low-resolution numerical results obtained in the case of the optically thin medium. Similar to the simulation of optically thin ISM, our simulations show that PCCA is still unusable in optically thick media. The synergetic application of VGT and CFA to high-resolution spectroscopic observations is expected to yield more valuable information on the interstellar magnetic field.

scholarly journals Magnetic fields of rapidly oscillating Ap stars

1993 ◽  
Vol 139 ◽  
pp. 132-132
Author(s):  
G. Mathys
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Zeeman Effect ◽  
Rotation Frequency ◽  
Spectral Lines ◽  
Driving Mechanism ◽  
Line Splitting ◽  
Ap Stars ◽  
The Magnetic Field

Magnetic field appears to play a major role in the pulsations of rapidly oscillating Ap (roAp) stars. Understanding of the behaviour of these objects thus requires knowledge of their magnetic field. Such knowledge is in particular essential to interpret the modulation of the amplitude of the photometric variations (with a frequency very close to the rotation frequency of the star) and to understand the driving mechanism of the pulsation. Therefore, a systematic programme of study of the magnetic field of roAp stars has been started, of which preliminary (and still very partial) results are presented here.Magnetic fields of Ap stars can be diagnosed from the Zeeman effect that they induced in spectral lines either from the observation of line-splitting in high-resolution unpolarized spectra (which only occurs in favourable circumstances) or from the observation of circular polarization of the lines in medium- to high-resolution spectra.

scholarly journals Connecting magnetic fields from sub-galactic scale to clusters of galaxies and beyond with cosmological MHD simulations

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (A29B) ◽  
pp. 699-699
Author(s):  
Klaus Dolag ◽  
Alexander M. Beck ◽  
Alexander Arth
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Heat Transport ◽  
Galaxy Clusters ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Galactic Halos ◽  
Rotation Measure ◽  
The Magnetic Field ◽  
Good Agreement

AbstractUsing the MHD version of Gadget3 (Stasyszyn, Dolag & Beck 2013) and a model for the seeding of magnetic fields by supernovae (SN), we performed simulations of the evolution of the magnetic fields in galaxy clusters and study their effects on the heat transport within the intra cluster medium (ICM). This mechanism – where SN explosions during the assembly of galaxies provide magnetic seed fields – has been shown to reproduce the magnetic field in Milky Way-like galactic halos (Beck et al. 2013). The build up of the magnetic field at redshifts before z = 5 and the accordingly predicted rotation measure evolution are also in good agreement with current observations. Such magnetic fields present at high redshift are then transported out of the forming protogalaxies into the large-scale structure and pollute the ICM (in a similar fashion to metals transport). Here, complex velocity patterns, driven by the formation process of cosmic structures are further amplifying and distributing the magnetic fields. In galaxy clusters, the magnetic fields therefore get amplified to the observed μG level and produce the observed amplitude of rotation measures of several hundreds of rad/m2. We also demonstrate that heat conduction in such turbulent fields on average is equivalent to a suppression factor around 1/20th of the classical Spitzer value and in contrast to classical, isotropic heat transport leads to temperature structures within the ICM compatible with observations (Arth et al. 2014).

scholarly journals Solar image denoising with convolutional neural networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 629 ◽  
pp. A99 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. Díaz Baso ◽  
J. de la Cruz Rodríguez ◽  
S. Danilovic
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Spatial Coherence ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Spectral Lines ◽  
Solar Chromosphere ◽  
Weak Signals ◽  
Statistical Characterization ◽  
The Magnetic Field

The topology and dynamics of the solar chromosphere are greatly affected by the presence of magnetic fields. The magnetic field can be inferred by analyzing polarimetric observations of spectral lines. Polarimetric signals induced by chromospheric magnetic fields are, however, particularly weak, and in most cases very close to the detection limit of current instrumentation. Because of this, there are only few observational studies that have successfully reconstructed the three components of the magnetic field vector in the chromosphere. Traditionally, the signal-to-noise ratio of observations has been improved by performing time-averages or spatial averages, but in both cases, some information is lost. More advanced techniques, like principal-component analysis, have also been employed to take advantage of the sparsity of the observations in the spectral direction. In the present study, we use the spatial coherence of the observations to reduce the noise using deep-learning techniques. We designed a neural network that is capable of recovering weak signals under a complex noise corruption (including instrumental artifacts and non-linear post-processing). The training of the network is carried out without a priori knowledge of the clean signals, or an explicit statistical characterization of the noise or other corruption. We only use the same observations as our generative model. The performance of this method is demonstrated on both synthetic experiments and real data. We show examples of the improvement in typical signals obtained in current telescopes such as the Swedish 1 m Solar Telescope. The presented method can recover weak signals equally well no matter what spectral line or spectral sampling is used. It is especially suitable for cases when the wavelength sampling is scarce.

scholarly journals Dynamically dominant magnetic fields in the diffuse interstellar medium

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (S259) ◽  
pp. 87-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Fletcher ◽  
M. Korpi ◽  
A. Shukurov
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Magnetic Flux ◽  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Hydrodynamic Model ◽  
Mass Conservation ◽  
Unstable Flow ◽  
Gas Density ◽  
The Magnetic Field

AbstractObservations show that magnetic fields in the interstellar medium (ISM) often do not respond to increases in gas density as would be naively expected for a frozen-in field. This may suggest that the magnetic field in the diffuse gas becomes detached from dense clouds as they form. We have investigated this possibility using theoretical estimates, a simple magneto-hydrodynamic model of a flow without mass conservation and numerical simulations of a thermally unstable flow. Our results show that significant magnetic flux can be shed from dense clouds as they form in the diffuse ISM, leaving behind a magnetically dominated diffuse gas.

Erklärung stellarer und planetarer Magnetfelder durch einen turbulenzbedingten Dynamomechanismus

1966 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 1285-1296 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Steenbeck ◽  
F. Krause
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Angular Velocity ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Cross Product ◽  
Skin Depth ◽  
Electrically Conducting ◽  
Magnetic Stars ◽  
The Magnetic Field ◽  
Component Parallel ◽  
Good Agreement

In a foregoing paper 1 the effects of a turbulent motion on magnetic fields were investigated. Especially turbulence was treated under the influence of CORIOLiS-forces and gradients of density and/or turbulence intensity. It was shown that on these conditions the average cross-product of velocity and magnetic field has a non-vanishing component parallel to the average magnetic field. Here we give the consequences of this effect for rotating, electrically conducting spheres.At first a sphere rotating with constant angular velocity is investigated. The quadratic effect provides for dynamo maintainance of the magnetic fields. A field of dipol-type has the weakest condition for maintainance. Applications to the magnetic field of the earth show a good agreement with the conceptions of the physical state of the earth’s core.For a second model differential rotation is included. We have also dynamo maintainance. Since we have to assume that generally the angular velocity is a function decreasing with the distance from the centre of the sphere, the calculations show that we have a preferred self-excited build-up of a quadrupol-type field. This model may be applicable to magnetic stars.Finally we look for dynamo maintainance of alternating fields. We consider the skin-depth to be small compared with the radius of the sphere, then we have plane geometry. The existence of periodical solutions is proved. Applications to the general magnetic field of the sun, which has a period of 22 years, are discussed.

scholarly journals Modeling surface magnetic fields in stars with radiative envelopes

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (S302) ◽  
pp. 290-299
Author(s):  
Oleg Kochukhov
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Stellar Atmospheres ◽  
Spectral Lines ◽  
Doppler Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Field Mapping ◽  
Ap Stars ◽  
Surface Fields ◽  
The Magnetic Field

AbstractStars with radiative envelopes, specifically the upper main sequence chemically peculiar (Ap) stars, were among the first objects outside our solar system for which surface magnetic fields have been detected. Currently magnetic Ap stars remains the only class of stars for which high-resolution measurements of both linear and circular polarization in individual spectral lines are feasible. Consequently, these stars provide unique opportunities to study the physics of polarized radiative transfer in stellar atmospheres, to analyze in detail stellar magnetic field topologies and their relation to starspots, and to test different methodologies of stellar magnetic field mapping. Here I present an overview of different approaches to modeling the surface fields in magnetic A- and B-type stars. In particular, I summarize the ongoing efforts to interpret high-resolution full Stokes vector spectra of these stars using magnetic Doppler imaging. These studies reveal an unexpected complexity of the magnetic field geometries in some Ap stars.

scholarly journals The connection of fine-structure photospheric features in active regions with magnetic fields

1968 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 201-201
Author(s):  
N. V. Steshenko
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Fine Structure ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Field Strength ◽  
Magnetic Field Strength ◽  
Active Regions ◽  
Transverse Magnetic ◽  
List Type ◽  
The Magnetic Field

1.The fine structure of the proton sunspot group of July 4–8, 1966 was studied on the basis of high-resolution heliograms. The comparison of the orientation between penumbral filaments and the transverse magnetic fields (observed by A.B. Severny and T.T. Tsap) shows that the direction of the filaments coincides in general with that of the magnetic field.2.Measurements of the magnetic fields of smallest pores (1·5″-2″) showed that the pores are always connected with strong magnetic field (in average 1400 gauss), which is localized at the same small area as the pore.3.Magnetic fields of faculae are concentrated in small elements with the dimension not exceeding 1·5″-3″. Magnetic-field strength H|| of about 45% of facular granules is within the limits of photographic measuring errors (approximately 25 gauss). For a quarter of all facular granules the strength H|| is from 25–50 gauss; about 30% of facular granules have H|| > 50 gauss, and sometimes there appear faculae with field strength of about 200 gauss. The magnetic-field strength of facular granules, which are found directly above spots, is 10–20 times less than the field strength of spots. This field is 80–210 gauss only.4.All observational data mentioned above show that the appearance of the fine-structure features in active regions is directly connected with the fine structure of magnetic field of different strength and different orientation. The study of high-resolution heliograms gives additional information about the fine structure of the magnetic field.

scholarly journals Properties of MHD turbulence and its consequences for the ISM and ICM

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (H15) ◽  
pp. 464-465
Author(s):  
D. Falceta-Gonçalves ◽  
G. Kowal ◽  
A. Lazarian
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Collisionless Plasma ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mhd Turbulence ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Magnetic Field ◽  
Theoretical Results ◽  
Ism Magnetic Fields

AbstractIt is well known that the interstellar (ISM) and intergalactic (ICM) media are threaded by large scale magnetic fields. The understanding of its role on the dynamics of the media is, however, still in progress. For the ISM, magnetic fields may control or, at least, play a major role on the turbulence cascade leading to the star formation process. The ICM, on the other hand, is assumed to be thermally dominated but still the magnetic field may play an important role on the processes of acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays. In this work we provide a review of the latest theoretical results on the evolution of MHD turbulence under collisional and collisionless plasma approaches.

Relaxation Attenuation of Ultrasound by the Jahn-Teller Centers in ZnSe:Cr in High Magnetic Fields

2015 ◽  
Vol 233-234 ◽  
pp. 125-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.S. Averkiev ◽  
I.B. Bersuker ◽  
V.V. Gudkov ◽  
S. Zherlitsyn ◽  
S. Yasin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Ultrasonic Attenuation ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Orbital Interaction ◽  
Spin Orbital ◽  
Jahn Teller ◽  
Jahn Teller Effect ◽  
The Magnetic Field ◽  
Good Agreement

The magnetic field dependence of ultrasonic attenuation α (B) of slow shear waves in the ZnSe:Cr2+crystal at a number of fixed temperatures fromT=1.4 K to 20 K in magnetic fields of up toB=14 T were investigated. For magnetic fieldsBabove 5 T we found that the attenuation increases with B monotonically, and at a given temperature it is proportional to the magnitude of relaxation attenuation atB=0. We show that the magnetic field dependent attenuation is due to the change in populations of the lowest energy levels of the impurity centers CrZn4Se, produced by the Jahn-Teller effect and split by the spin-orbital interaction and the magnetic field. The calculations carried out without fitting parameters are in good agreement with the experimental data.

scholarly journals Magnetic Fields in Interstellar Masers

1990 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 301-303
Author(s):  
J. M. Moran
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Interstellar Medium ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Zeeman Splitting ◽  
Large Scale Structure ◽  
Scale Structure ◽  
Square Root ◽  
Galactic Spiral ◽  
The Magnetic Field

Zeeman splitting in the spectra of molecular masers that arise in the envelopes of newly formed stars (called interstellar masers) offers a method of estimating the magnetic field in these dense regions (106–1011 cm−3). The magnetic field strengths in regions of OH and H2O masers scale as the square root of the density when compared to the density and field of the ambient interstellar medium. The direction of the field in OH masers may help trace the large scale structure of the magnetic field in the Galactic spiral arms.

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