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On Galactic magnetic field derived from RMs of pulsars
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
RMs of all 262 pulsars are used to see the large scale magnetic field of our Galaxy. We find that: (1). RMs of 91 pulsars at high galactic latitude (|b| > 8.6°) show two toroidal magnetic rings antisymmetric with respect to galactic plane. These data shouldn’t be used for modelling the large scale field in Galactic disk; (2). pulsars at low galactic latitude are concentrated on the spiral arms; (3). the directions of fields have a similar pitch angle to that of spiral arms.
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- Part 6 Winds and the ISM
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 160: Pulsars: Problems and Progress , 1996 , pp. 485 - 486
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- Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996
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