Magnetic field properties in star formation: A review of their analysis methods and interpretation

J Liu, Q Zhang, K Qiu - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Linearly polarized emission from dust grains and molecular spectroscopy is an effective
probe of the magnetic field topology in the interstellar medium and molecular clouds. The …

High-accuracy estimation of magnetic field strength in the interstellar medium from dust polarization

R Skalidis, K Tassis - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. A large-scale magnetic field permeates our Galaxy and is involved in a variety of
astrophysical processes, such as star formation and cosmic ray propagation. Dust …

Why take the square root? An assessment of interstellar magnetic field strength estimation methods

R Skalidis, J Sternberg, JR Beattie, V Pavlidou… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The magnetic field strength in interstellar clouds can be estimated indirectly from
measurements of dust polarization by assuming that turbulent kinetic energy is comparable …

Magnetic field strength from turbulence theory. I. Using differential measure approach

A Lazarian, KH Yuen, D Pogosyan - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The mean plane-of-sky magnetic field strength is traditionally obtained from the combination
of polarization and spectroscopic data using the Davis–Chandrasekhar–Fermi (DCF) …

Magnetic fields in star formation: a complete compilation of all the DCF estimations

J Liu, K Qiu, Q Zhang - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Davis–Chandrasekhar–Fermi (DCF) method provides an indirect way to
estimate the magnetic field strength from statistics of magnetic field orientations. We compile …

FORGE'd in FIRE II: The Formation of Magnetically-Dominated Quasar Accretion Disks from Cosmological Initial Conditions

PF Hopkins, J Squire, KY Su, UP Steinwandel… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
In a companion paper, we reported the self-consistent formation of quasar accretion disks
with inflow rates $\sim 10\,{\rm M_ {\odot}\, yr^{-1}} $ down to< 300 Schwarzschild radii from …

Revealing Gravitational Collapse in the Serpens G3–G6 Molecular Cloud Using Velocity Gradients

Y Hu, A Lazarian, S Stanimirović - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The relative role of turbulence, magnetic fields, and self-gravity in star formation is a subject
of intensive debate. We present IRAM 30 m telescope observations of the 13 CO (1–0) …

Turbulent diffusion of streaming cosmic rays in compressible, partially ionized plasma

ML Sampson, JR Beattie, MR Krumholz… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cosmic rays (CRs) are a dynamically important component of the interstellar medium (ISM)
of galaxies. The∼ GeV CRs that carry most CR energy and pressure are likely confined by …

Turbulent density and pressure fluctuations in the stratified intracluster medium

R Mohapatra, C Federrath… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Turbulent gas motions are observed in the intracluster medium (ICM). The ICM is density-
stratified, with the gas density being highest at the centre of the cluster and decreasing …

Magnetic fields in the Milky Way from pulsar observations: effect of the correlation between thermal electrons and magnetic fields

A Seta, C Federrath - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Pulsars can act as an excellent probe of the Milky Way magnetic field. The average strength
of the Galactic magnetic field component parallel to the line of sight can be estimated as …