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Intergalactic Magnetic Fields and the Morphology of Spiral Galaxies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 July 2016
Abstract
The influence of the hypothetical extragalactic magnetic field upon the peripherical morphological features of spiral galaxies is examined- When the angle between and the rotation axis is neither 0° nor 90°, warps are expected to be produced. In such a case the spatial distribution of warps should not be random. This fact seems to be confirmed by observations. From the distribution it is possible to obtain the direction of B in the 20Mpc-neighborhood of the Milky Way.
- 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. 504 - 506
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1990
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