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Galactic Dynamos Without Sharp Boundaries: Non-Axisymmetric Fields in Axisymmetric Disks?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

R. Meinel ,
D. Elstner ,
G. Rüdiger  and
F. Krause
R. Meinel
Affiliation:
Sternwarte Babelsberg Academy of Science Potsdam 1591 GDR
D. Elstner
Affiliation:
Sternwarte Babelsberg Academy of Science Potsdam 1591 GDR
G. Rüdiger
Affiliation:
Sternwarte Babelsberg Academy of Science Potsdam 1591 GDR
F. Krause
Affiliation:
Sternwarte Babelsberg Academy of Science Potsdam 1591 GDR

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Radio polarization observations of spiral galaxies suggest the existence of large-scale galactic magnetic fields which are of either axisymmetric -spiral (ASS) or bisymmetric-spiral (BSS), i.e. non-axisymmetric, structure (cf. Beck, 1939). Clear evidence for a BSS field was indicated for M31 by M. Krause et al. (1989).

Type
4. Magnetohydrodynamics of Galactic Magnetic Fields
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 140: Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields , 1990 , pp. 115 - 116
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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