Magnetic fields in spiral galaxies

R Beck - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2016 - Springer
Radio synchrotron emission, its polarization and Faraday rotation of the polarization angle
are powerful tools to study the strength and structure of magnetic fields in galaxies …

Magnetic fields in galaxies

R Beck - Space science reviews, 2012 - Springer
Radio synchrotron emission, its polarization and its Faraday rotation are powerful tools to
study the strength and structure of magnetic fields in galaxies. Unpolarized emission traces …

Cosmic rays and the magnetic field in the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253-I. The distribution and transport of cosmic rays

V Heesen, R Beck, M Krause, RJ Dettmar - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2009 - aanda.org
Context. Nearby edge-on galaxies showing a synchrotron halo are nearly ideal objects for
studying the transport of cosmic rays (CRs) in galaxies. Among them, the nearby starburst …

Continuum halos in nearby galaxies: an EVLA survey (CHANG-ES). I. Introduction to the survey

J Irwin, R Beck, RA Benjamin, RJ Dettmar… - The Astronomical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We introduce a new survey to map the radio continuum halos of a sample of 35 edge-on
spiral galaxies at 1.5 GHz and 6 GHz in all polarization products. The survey is exploiting the …

Magnetic fields in nearby galaxies

A Fletcher - arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.2427, 2011 - arxiv.org
Observations of synchrotron radiation and the Faraday rotation of its polarized component
allow us to investigate the magnetic properties of the diffuse interstellar medium in nearby …

Cosmic rays and the magnetic field in the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 253 III. Helical magnetic fields in the nuclear outflow

V Heesen, R Beck, M Krause, RJ Dettmar - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2011 - aanda.org
Context. Magnetic fields are good tracers of gas compression by shock waves in the
interstellar medium. These can be caused by the interaction of star-formation driven outflows …

Magnetised winds in dwarf galaxies

Y Dubois, R Teyssier - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2010 - aanda.org
Context. The generation and the amplification of magnetic fields in the current cosmological
paradigm are still open questions. The standard theory is based on an early field generation …

A dynamo amplifying the magnetic field of a Milky-Way-like galaxy

E Ntormousi, K Tassis, F Del Sordo… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. The magnetic fields of spiral galaxies are so strong that they cannot qualify as
primordial. Their typical values are over one billion times higher than any value predicted for …

Simulating magnetic fields in the Antennae galaxies

H Kotarba, SJ Karl, T Naab, PH Johansson… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present self-consistent high-resolution simulations of NGC 4038/4039 (the" Antennae
galaxies") including star formation, supernova feedback, and magnetic fields performed with …

Cosmic magnetic fields: Observations and prospects

R Beck - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Synchrotron emission, its polarization and its Faraday rotation at radio frequencies of 0.2–10
GHz are powerful tools to study the strength and structure of cosmic magnetic fields …