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Zeeman Observations of the Magnetic Field in the Galactic Centre

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

U. J. Schwarz  and
J. Lasenby
U. J. Schwarz
Affiliation:
Kapteyn Laboratory, P.O. Box 800 9700 AV Groningen The Netherlands
J. Lasenby
Affiliation:
Cavendish Laboratory Cambridge CB3 0HE England

Abstract

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Direct measurements of the magnetic field in the neutral ring at the Galactic centre were made by observing the Zeeman splitting in HI- absorption around ± 100 kms−1 and give a field of (–0.5mG ± 0.17mG); significantly less than inferred from IR polarisation observations (Werner et al., 1988).

Type
7. Magnetic Fields in Galactic Nuclei
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 140: Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields , 1990 , pp. 383 - 384
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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