Diagnosing Turbulence in the Neutral and Molecular Interstellar Medium of Galaxies

B Burkhart - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence is a crucial component of the current paradigms of
star formation, dynamo theory, particle transport, magnetic reconnection, and evolution of …

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) …

Nature of striation in 21 cm channel Maps: velocity caustics

Y Hu, A Lazarian, D Alina, D Pogosyan… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The alignment of striated intensity structures in thin neutral hydrogen (H i) spectroscopic
channels with Galactic magnetic fields has been observed. However, the origin and nature …

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) …

Technique for separating velocity and density contributions in spectroscopic data and its application to studying turbulence and magnetic fields

KH Yuen, KW Ho, A Lazarian - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Based on the theoretical description of position–position–velocity (PPV) statistics in Lazarian
& Pogosyan, we introduce a new technique called the velocity decomposition algorithm …

Mapping the Galactic magnetic field orientation and strength in three dimensions

Y Hu, A Lazarian - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The mapping of the Galactic magnetic field (GMF) in three dimensions is essential to
comprehend various astrophysical processes that occur within the Milky Way. This study …

Anisotropic Turbulence in Position–Position–Velocity Space: Probing Three-dimensional Magnetic Fields

Y Hu, A Lazarian, S Xu - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Direct measurements of three-dimensional magnetic fields in the interstellar medium are not
achievable. However, the anisotropic nature of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence …

Multiscale magnetic fields in the central molecular zone: inference from the gradient technique

Y Hu, A Lazarian, QD Wang - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The central molecular zone (CMZ) plays an essential role in regulating the nuclear
ecosystem of our Galaxy. To get an insight into magnetic fields of the CMZ, we employ the …

Study Turbulence and Probe Magnetic Fields Using the Gradient Technique: Application to H I-to-H2 Transition Regions

Y Hu, A Lazarian, S Bialy - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The atomic-to-molecular (H i-to-H 2) transition in photodissociation regions (PDRs) has
been investigated over the past several decades through analytic and numerical modeling …

Magnetic Field of Molecular Gas Measured with the Velocity Gradient Technique. II. Curved Magnetic Field in kpc-scale Bubble of NGC 628

M Zhao, J Zhou, WA Baan, Y Hu… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the detection of the ordered alignment between the magnetic field and kpc-scale
bubbles in the nearby spiral galaxy, NGC 628. Applying the Velocity Gradient Technique on …