Internal and external alignment of carbonaceous grains within the radiative torque paradigm

T Hoang, VHM Phan - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We study the internal and external alignment of carbonaceous grains in the interstellar
medium (ISM) within the Radiative Torque (RAT) paradigm. For internal alignment (IA), we …

Submillimeter-wavelength Polarimetry of IRC+ 10216

BG Andersson, J Karoly, P Bastien… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present SCUBA-2/POL-2 850 μm polarimetric observations of the circumstellar
envelope (CSE) of the carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star IRC+ 10216. Both far …

Far-infrared polarization of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A with SOFIA HAWC+

J Rho, AP Ravi, LN Tram, T Hoang… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present polarization observations of the young supernova remnant (SNR) Cas A using
the High-resolution Airborne Wideband Camera-Plus (HAWC+) instrument onboard the …

The origin of dust polarization in the Orion Bar

VJM Le Gouellec, BG Andersson, A Soam… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The linear polarization of thermal dust emission provides a powerful tool to probe interstellar
and circumstellar magnetic fields, because aspherical grains tend to align themselves with …

Ultraviolet spectropolarimetry with Polstar: interstellar medium science

BG Andersson, GC Clayton, KD Doney… - Astrophysics and Space …, 2022 - Springer
Continuum polarization over the UV-to-microwave range is due to dichroic extinction (or
emission) by asymmetric, aligned dust grains. Scattering can also be an important source of …

Molecular line polarisation from the circumstellar envelopes of asymptotic giant branch stars

WHT Vlemmings, B Lankhaar… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Polarisation observations of masers in the circumstellar envelopes (CSEs) around
asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars have revealed strong magnetic fields. However, masers …

On the origin of de‐polarization in CB54

N Zielinski, S Wolf, K Pattle - Astronomische Nachrichten, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We present polarimetric observations of the Bok globule CB54 in the far‐infrared via
SOFIA/HAWC+ bands D (154 μ μ m) and E (214 μ μ m). We detect polarization with mean …

Three-component modelling of O-rich AGB star winds-I. Effects of drift using forsterite

C Sandin, L Mattsson, KL Chubb, M Ergon… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Stellar winds of cool and pulsating asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars enrich the interstellar
medium with large amounts of processed elements and various types of dust. We present …

Numerical modelling of thermal dust polarization from aligned grains in the envelope of evolved stars with updated POLARIS

B Truong, T Hoang, NC Giang, PN Diep… - Monthly Notices of …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Magnetic fields are thought to influence the formation and evolution of circumstellar
envelopes around evolved stars. Thermal dust polarization from aligned grains is a …

Synthetic Modelling of Polarized Dust Emission in Intermediate-Mass YSOs: I: Constraining the Role of Iron Inclusions and Inelastic Relaxation on Grain Alignment …

NC Giang, VJM Le Gouellec, T Hoang… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Iron inclusions embedded inside dust grains play a crucial role in both internal alignment via
Barnett relaxation and external alignment via the MAgnetically Enhanced RAdiative Torque …