We present version X of the hammurabi package, the HEALPix-based numeric simulator for Galactic polarized emission. Improving on its earlier design, we have fully renewed the framework with modern C++ standards and features. Multithreading support has been built in to meet the growing computational workload in future research. For the first time, we present precision profiles of the hammurabi line-of-sight integral kernel with multilayer HEALPix shells. In addition to fundamental improvements, this report focuses on simulating polarized synchrotron emission with Gaussian random magnetic fields. Two fast methods are proposed for realizing divergence-free random magnetic fields either on the Galactic scale where field alignment and strength modulation are imposed, or on a local scale where more physically motivated models like a parameterized magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence can be applied. As an example application, we discuss the phenomenological implications of Gaussian random magnetic fields for high Galactic latitude synchrotron foregrounds. In this, we numerically find B/E polarization-mode ratios lower than unity based on Gaussian realizations of either MHD turbulent spectra or in spatially aligned magnetic fields.

Hammurabi X: Simulating Galactic Synchrotron Emission with Random Magnetic Fields / Wang, J.; Jaffe, T. R.; Ensslin, T. A.; Ullio, P.; Ghosh, S.; Santos, L.. - In: ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES. - ISSN 0067-0049. - 247:1(2020), pp. 1-19. [10.3847/1538-4365/ab72a2]

Hammurabi X: Simulating Galactic Synchrotron Emission with Random Magnetic Fields

Wang, J.;Ullio, P.;
2020-01-01

Abstract

We present version X of the hammurabi package, the HEALPix-based numeric simulator for Galactic polarized emission. Improving on its earlier design, we have fully renewed the framework with modern C++ standards and features. Multithreading support has been built in to meet the growing computational workload in future research. For the first time, we present precision profiles of the hammurabi line-of-sight integral kernel with multilayer HEALPix shells. In addition to fundamental improvements, this report focuses on simulating polarized synchrotron emission with Gaussian random magnetic fields. Two fast methods are proposed for realizing divergence-free random magnetic fields either on the Galactic scale where field alignment and strength modulation are imposed, or on a local scale where more physically motivated models like a parameterized magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence can be applied. As an example application, we discuss the phenomenological implications of Gaussian random magnetic fields for high Galactic latitude synchrotron foregrounds. In this, we numerically find B/E polarization-mode ratios lower than unity based on Gaussian realizations of either MHD turbulent spectra or in spatially aligned magnetic fields.
2020
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1
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https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.00207
Wang, J.; Jaffe, T. R.; Ensslin, T. A.; Ullio, P.; Ghosh, S.; Santos, L.
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