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The Polarization Structure of Centaurus A

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Jack O. Burns  and
David A. Clarke
Jack O. Burns
Affiliation:
Institute for Astrophysics University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
David A. Clarke
Affiliation:
Institute for Astrophysics University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA

Abstract

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New VLA observations have revealed sharp gradients in both the depolarization and rotation measure in the lobes of Cen A. We attribute these jumps to a foreground screen in the southern lobe, and to the passage of the jet through a shock in a Malin shell in the northern lobe.

Type
9. Magnetic Fields in the Galactic Environment, Galaxy Clusters and Intergalactic Medium
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 140: Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields , 1990 , pp. 469 - 471
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

References

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