Synthesizing observations and theory to understand galactic magnetic fields: progress and challenges

R Beck, L Chamandy, E Elson, EG Blackman - Galaxies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Constraining dynamo theories of magnetic field origin by observation is indispensable but
challenging, in part because the basic quantities measured by observers and predicted by …

The radio continuum perspective on cosmic-ray transport in external galaxies

V Heesen - Astrophysics and Space Science, 2021 - Springer
Radio continuum observations of external galaxies provide us with an excellent outside view
on the distribution of cosmic-ray electrons in the disc and halo. In this review, we summarise …

[HTML][HTML] Nearby galaxies in the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey-I. Insights into the non-linearity of the radio–SFR relation

V Heesen, M Staffehl, A Basu, R Beck, M Stein… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. Cosmic rays and magnetic fields are key ingredients in galaxy evolution, regulating
both stellar feedback and star formation. Their properties can be studied with low-frequency …

Highly ordered magnetic fields in the tail of the jellyfish galaxy JO206

A Müller, BM Poggianti, C Pfrommer, B Adebahr… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Jellyfish galaxies have long tails of gas that is stripped from the disk by ram pressure due to
the motion of galaxies in the intracluster medium in galaxy clusters. Here, we present the …

The physics of galactic winds driven by cosmic rays I: Diffusion

E Quataert, TA Thompson… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The physics of Cosmic ray (CR) transport remains a key uncertainty in assessing whether
CRs can produce galaxy-scale outflows consistent with observations. In this paper, we …

GASP XXXVIII: the LOFAR-MeerKAT-VLA view on the nonthermal side of a jellyfish galaxy

A Ignesti, B Vulcani, BM Poggianti… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Ram pressure stripping is a crucial evolutionary driver for cluster galaxies. It is thought to be
able to accelerate the evolution of their star formation, trigger the activity of their central …

Synchrotron emission on FIRE: equipartition estimators of magnetic fields in simulated galaxies with spectrally resolved cosmic rays

SB Ponnada, GV Panopoulou, IS Butsky… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Synchrotron emission is one of few observable tracers of galactic magnetic fields (B) and
cosmic rays (CRs). Much of our understanding of B in galaxies comes from utilizing …

Scientific objectives of the Hot Universe Baryon Surveyor (HUBS) mission

J Bregman, R Cen, Y Chen, W Cui, T Fang… - Science China Physics …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Hot Universe Baryon Surveyor (HUBS) is a proposed space-based X-ray
telescope for detecting X-ray emissions from the hot gas content in our universe. With its …

CHANG-ES-XXII. Coherent magnetic fields in the halos of spiral galaxies

M Krause, J Irwin, P Schmidt, Y Stein… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. The magnetic field in spiral galaxies is known to have a large-scale spiral structure
along the galactic disk and is observed as X-shaped in the halo of some galaxies. While the …

CO-CHANGES–I. IRAM 30-m CO observations of molecular gas in the sombrero galaxy

Y Jiang, JT Li, Y Gao, JN Bregman, L Ji… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Molecular gas plays a critical role in explaining the quiescence of star formation (SF) in
massive isolated spiral galaxies, which could be a result of either the low molecular gas …