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On the relation between magnetic field strength and gas density in the interstellar medium. II. Density uncertainties and diffuse gas constraints
David Whitworth, Amit Seta, Ralph E. Pudritz +4
The relationship between magnetic field strength and gas density is essential to understand the interstellar medium and star formation. Zeeman measurements in dense atomic and mole…
How is cold, star-forming gas in galaxies affected by magnetic fields?
Kamran R. J. Bogue, Rowan J. Smith, Robin G. Tress +9
Numerical simulations provide a unique opportunity to improve our understanding of the role of magnetic fields in the interstellar medium of galaxies and in star formation. However…
A bottleneck for star formation: the importance of magnetic fields during the formation of cold gas in galaxies
Ryan McGuiness, Rowan J. Smith, David Whitworth
Using a high-resolution simulation of a dwarf galaxy, we quantify the energetic importance of magnetic fields within the different phases of its interstellar medium (ISM) on parsec…
The Noctua Suite of Simulations -- The Difficulty of Growing Massive Black Holes in Low-Mass Dwarf Galaxies
Jonathan Petersson, Michaela Hirschmann, Robin G. Tress +6
Aims. We study the individual and cumulative impact of stellar feedback processes on massive black hole (MBH) growth in a simulated low-mass dwarf galaxy. Methods. A suite of high-…
Do stars still form in molecular gas within CO-dark dwarf galaxies?
David J. Whitworth, Rowan J. Smith, Simon C. O. Glover +6
In the Milky Way and other main-sequence galaxies, stars form exclusively in molecular gas, which is traced by CO emission. However, low metallicity dwarf galaxies are often `CO-da…
Filamentary Molecular Cloud Formation via Collision-induced Magnetic Reconnection in Cold Neutral Medium
Shuo Kong, Rowan J. Smith, David Whitworth +1
We have investigated the possibility of molecular cloud formation via the Collision-induced Magnetic Reconnection (CMR) mechanism of the cold neutral medium (CNM). Two atomic gas c…