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Interstellar Polarization Survey. V. Galactic magnetic field tomography in the spiral arms using optical and near-infrared starlight polarization
Y. Angarita, M. J. F. Versteeg, M. Haverkorn +5
Interstellar linear polarization occurs when starlight passes through elongated dust grains aligned by interstellar magnetic fields. The observed polarization can come from differe…
Interstellar Polarization Survey. IV. Characterizing the magnetic field strength and turbulent dispersion using optical starlight polarization in the diffuse interstellar medium
Y. Angarita, M. J. F. Versteeg, M. Haverkorn +5
Angular dispersion functions are typically used to estimate the fluctuations in polarization angle around the mean magnetic field orientation in dense regions, such as molecular cl…
Magnetic fields in the Southern Coalsack and beyond
M. J. F. Versteeg, Y. Angarita, A. M. Magalhães +4
Starlight polarimetry, when combined with accurate distance measurements, allows for exploration of the three-dimensional structure of local magnetic fields in great detail. We pre…
Tomographic Imaging of the Sagittarius Spiral Arm's Magnetic Field Structure
Yasuo Doi, Kengo Nakamura, Koji S. Kawabata +16
The Galactic global magnetic field is thought to play a vital role in shaping Galactic structures such as spiral arms and giant molecular clouds. However, our knowledge of magnetic…
Interstellar Polarization Survey III: Relation Between Optical Polarization and Reddening in the General Interstellar Medium
Y. Angarita, M. J. F. Versteeg, M. Haverkorn +4
Optical starlight can be partially polarized while propagating through the dusty, magnetized interstellar medium. The polarization efficiency describes the polarization intensity f…
Interstellar Polarization Survey II: General Interstellar Medium
M. J. F. Versteeg, A. M. Magalhães, M. Haverkorn +4
Magnetic fields permeate the entire Galaxy and are essential to, for example, the regulation of several stages of the star formation process and cosmic ray transportation. Unraveli…
Magnetic Field Orientation in Self-Gravitating Turbulent Molecular Clouds
Lucas Barreto-Mota, Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, Blakesley Burkhart +3
Stars form inside molecular cloud filaments from the competition of gravitational forces with turbulence and magnetic fields. The exact orientation of these filaments with the magn…
Disc formation in turbulent cloud cores: is magnetic flux loss necessary to stop the magnetic braking catastrophe or not?
R. Santos-Lima, E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, A. Lazarian
Recent numerical analysis of Keplerian disk formation in turbulent, magnetized cloud cores by Santos-Lima, de Gouveia Dal Pino, & Lazarian (2012) demonstrated that reconnection dif…
The role of turbulent magnetic reconnection on the formation of rotationally supported protostellar disks
R. Santos-Lima, E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, A. Lazarian
The formation of protostellar disks out of molecular cloud cores is still not fully understood. Under ideal MHD conditions, the removal of angular momentum from the disk progenitor…
Reconnection Diffusion and Star Formation
A. Lazarian, R. Santos-Lima, E. Gouveia Dal Pino
The diffusion of astrophysical magnetic fields in conducting fluids in the presence of turbulence depends on whether magnetic fields can change their topology or reconnect in highl…
Diffusion of magnetic field and removal of magnetic flux from clouds via turbulent reconnection
R. Santos-Lima, A. Lazarian, E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino +1
The diffusion of astrophysical magnetic fields in conducting fluids in the presence of turbulence depends on whether magnetic fields can change their topology via reconnection in h…