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The Magnetic Field in Edge-On Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

E. Hummel
Affiliation:
1 Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9DL, England
M. Dahlem
Affiliation:
2 Max-Planck Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 5300 Bonn 1, F.R.G.

Abstract

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We observed the linearly polarized emission of the edge-on galaxies NGC891 and NGC4631 in order to determine the magnetic field structure.

Type
5. The Polarization, Magnetic Field and Velocity Structure of External Spiral Galaxies
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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