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A new look at the galactic magnetic field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

P. P. Kronberg  and
M. Simard-Normandin
P. P. Kronberg
Affiliation:
University of Toronto; David Dunlap Observatory and Scarborough College
M. Simard-Normandin
Affiliation:
University of Toronto; David Dunlap Observatory and Scarborough College

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We have measured the linear polarization of a new large sample of extragalactic radio sources, and by combining these with polarization values already in the literature, we have been able to compute a large number of rotation measures, with improved quality. We have also investigated the depolarization properties of these sources and as a result have been able to identify most sources with a large internally generated Faraday rotation. Figure 1 shows the rotation measures of 475 extragalactic radio sources on an equal-area projection, after “cleaning out” the extragalactic effects to first order.

Type
V. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 84: The Large-Scale Characteristics of the Galaxy , 1979 , pp. 317 - 319
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1979 

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