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Associating LOFAR Galactic Faraday structures with the warm neutral medium

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Faraday tomography observations with the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) have unveiled a remarkable network of structures in polarized synchrotron emission at high Galactic latitudes. The observed correlation between LOFAR structures, dust polarization, and HI emission suggests a connection to the neutral interstellar medium (ISM). We investigated this relationship by estimating the rotation measure (RM) of the warm neutral (partially ionized) medium (WNM) in the local ISM. Our work combines UV spectroscopy from FUSE and dust polarization observations from Planck with LOFAR data. We derived electron column densities from UV absorption spectra toward nine background stars, within the field of published data from the LOFAR two-meter sky survey. The associated RMs were estimated using a local magnetic field model fitted to the dust polarization data of Planck. A comparison with Faraday spectra at the position of the stars suggests that LOFAR structures delineate a slab of magnetized WNM and synchrotron emission, located ahead of the bulk of the warm ionized medium. This conclusion establishes an astrophysical framework for exploring the link between Faraday structures and the dynamics of the magnetized multiphase ISM. It will be possible to test it on a larger sample of stars when maps from the full northern sky survey of LOFAR become available.
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hal-04632926 , version 1 (02-07-2024)

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F. Boulanger, C. Gry, E. B. Jenkins, A. Bracco, A. Erceg, et al.. Associating LOFAR Galactic Faraday structures with the warm neutral medium. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2024, 687, pp.A102. ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/202348953⟩. ⟨hal-04632926⟩
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