The gradient technique is a promising tool with theoretical foundations based on the fundamental properties of MHD turbulence and turbulent reconnection. Its various incarnations use spectroscopic, synchrotron, and intensity data to trace the magnetic field and measure the media magnetization in terms of Alfven Mach number. We provide an analytical theory of gradient measurements and quantify the effects of averaging gradients along the line of sight and over the plane of the sky. We derive analytical expressions that relate the properties of gradient distribution with the Alfven Mach number $M_A$. We show that these measurements can be combined with measures of sonic Mach number or line broadening to obtain the magnetic field strength. The corresponding technique has advantages to Davis-Chandrasekhar-Fermi way of obtaining the magnetic field strength.
Star-forming compact groups: Tracing the early evolutionary stages of compact group environments
Universidad de La Serena(拉塞雷纳大学);Universidad de Talca(塔尔卡大学);Universidad Andrés Bello(安德烈斯·贝略大学);Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María(费德里科·圣玛丽亚技术大学);CONICET-UNLP(阿根廷国家科学研究委员会-拉普拉塔国立大学);Federal University of Rio de Janeiro(里约热内卢联邦大学);Observatório Nacional(巴西国家天文台);Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina(圣卡塔琳娜联邦大学);NOAO(美国国家光学红外天文实验室);Carnegie Institution for Science(卡内基科学机构)
A comprehensive kinematic model of the LMC disk from star clusters and field stars using Gaia DR3: Tracing the disk characteristics, rotation, bar, and the outliers
MEDUSA I. Tracing magnetic field structures in tidal arms of the dwarf-dwarf merger NGC 1487
Ruhr Astroparticle and Plasma Physics Center (RAPP Center)(鲁尔高能粒子与等离子体物理中心);CSIRO Space and Astronomy(澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织空间与天文部门);Thüringer Landessternwarte(图林根州立天文台);Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie(马克斯·普朗克射电天文研究所);Ruhr University Bochum, Faculty for Physics & Astronomy, Theoretical Physics IV: Plasma Astroparticle Physics(波鸿鲁尔大学物理与天文学学院理论物理学第四系:等离子体高能天体物理学);SKA Observatory, SKA-Low Science Operations Centre(平方公里阵列射电望远镜天文台,SKA低频科学运行中心);INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari(意大利国家天体物理研究所卡利亚里天文台);Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University(雅盖隆大学天文台)