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Magnetic Fields and Spiral Structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

R. Beck
R. Beck*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, FRG

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Interstellar magnetic fields are known to be a constraint for star formation, but their influence on the formation of spiral structures and the evolution of galaxies is generally neglected. Structure, strength and degree of uniformity of interstellar magnetic fields can be determined by measuring the linearly polarised radio continuum emission at several frequencies (e.g. Beck, 1982). Results for 7 galaxies observed until now with the Effelsberg and Westerbork radio telescopes are given in the table. The Milky Way is also included for comparison.

Type
II. Spiral Structure
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 100: Internal Kinematics and Dynamics of Galaxies , 1983 , pp. 159 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983 

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