Statistical methods for the analysis of rotation measure grids in large scale structures in the SKA era

2015/01/02 by V. Vacca, Valentina Vacca, Niels Oppermann +53
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #Scientific Research and Discoveries #astro-ph.CO

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1501.00415

9 pages; to appear as part of 'Cosmic Magnetism' in Proceedings 'Advancing Astrophysics with the SKA (AASKA14)', PoS(AASKA14)114

arxiv created 2015/01/02 · arxiv updated 2015/01/05

Abstract

To better understand the origin and properties of cosmological magnetic fields, a detailed knowledge of magnetic fields in the large-scale structure of the Universe (galaxy clusters, filaments) is crucial. We propose a new statistical approach to study magnetic fields on large scales with the rotation measure grid data that will be obtained with the new generation of radio interferometers.

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