Enrique Lopez Rodriguez

Associate Professor at University of South Carolina. Extragalactic astronomer studying the role of magnetic fields in galaxy evolution. He/his/Él.

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[Anthony Abraham Jack @tony_jack]

First Gen: Act ii. https://t.co/yIRnTC8alk

[Nature Astronomy @NatureAstronomy]

Including stellar surface magnetism in models of limb darkening resolves an outstanding discrepancy with observations. This enables improved characterization of transiting exoplanets and a method for measuring stellar magnetization. Kostogryz et al.: https://t.co/GUy8T1gutU

[Enrique Lopez Rodriguez @Enloro]

What a wonderful era we live in: watching a total eclipse from Mexico via @NASA while my dear friend @erajpg explains it via @NSF (including polarimetry and magnetic fields explanations!)

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@imartividal @pcoffeebreak Gracias!

[Enrique Lopez Rodriguez @Enloro]

@imartividal @pcoffeebreak Usaron gradientes de intensidad? Interesante, tengo que ver el código. Normalmente se usan los ángulos de polarization que son los que dan la orientation del Bfield.

[Enrique Lopez Rodriguez @Enloro]

I just learned from this post that the 1st astrophysics article by a Spanish astronomer was in 1966 and it was about polarization of the zodiacal light!

[IAC Astrofísica @IAC_Astrofisica]

🎥 Si quieres conocer el legado de Francisco Sánchez, director fundador del IAC e impulsor de la astrofísica en España, te mostramos un resumen de su excepcional trayectoria profesional.

https://t.co/WV4Lz1rvsQ

[Enrique Lopez Rodriguez @Enloro]

@ohdearz Amazing! Those filamentary structures resemble the Bfield structures we have observed in both galaxies. I wonder how coupled they are and their effect.

[Enrique Lopez Rodriguez @Enloro]

@RaphaelSkalidis @NASAHubble This is fantastic news and well deserved!

[Enrique Lopez Rodriguez @Enloro]

I’m very excited to officially share that I’ll start as Associate Professor at @UofSC this Fall!
Your hub for extragalactic magnetism 🧲🌀🌌
We will be looking for several new faculty to join us in the next few years, stay tuned for some news soon.

[Enrique Lopez Rodriguez @Enloro]

Amazing monologue by Ramy Youssef at SNL https://t.co/gYXgS4fPH8

[Enrique Lopez Rodriguez @Enloro]

Nice explanation of the magnetic field pattern at the center of the black hole of our galaxy.

[Event Horizon 'Scope @ehtelescope]

So what does our spiral pattern tell us about the magnetic fields around Sagittarius A*? The field is actually strong and ordered!

cr. Crazybridge Studios, EHT Collaboration #MagneticBlackHole #EHTblackhole
🔗https://t.co/lAWZ5Jiukr

[Enrique Lopez Rodriguez @Enloro]

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[Event Horizon 'Scope @ehtelescope]

Breaking news: the Event Horizon Telescope team unveils strong magnetic fields spiraling at the edge of Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*. This new image suggests that strong magnetic fields may be common to all black holes.

#OurBlackHole #SgrABlackHole

[Enrique Lopez Rodriguez @Enloro]

@briankeating One can also spend hours looking at the dance of magnetic field lines across M51 ;)
https://t.co/j93CPfMcol

[Enrique Lopez Rodriguez @Enloro]

@TonyMroczkowski @lucadimascolo Can this be the observing mode while performing polarimetric observations?!?!

[Enrique Lopez Rodriguez @Enloro]

@IBJIYONGI Strong ordered Bfields are spatial with the molecular gas in the galactic disk are already formed at z=2.6
https://t.co/KdbTdcqHIm

Traceability of Bfields across the multiphase ISM:
https://t.co/Sqfbc2gvDt

Merger activity amplifies Bfields: https://t.co/xHO53sH6c8

[Enrique Lopez Rodriguez @Enloro]

New paper! Tram and I estimated the dust grain alignment mechanisms present in a galaxy using far-infrared polarimetric observations. Grains are aligned by B-fields, of course, and we now provide their size distributions.

https://t.co/EHOBOwNJgs

[Enrique Lopez Rodriguez @Enloro]

@IBJIYONGI This work is focused on the physical properties of the dust grain sizes, alignment mechanisms, measurable polarization. Not much about the B-field, except that needs to be >uG (but we know that). Our other SALSA papers are more insightful about that topic.