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Magnetic fields in irregular galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

Amanda Kepley
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 475 N. Charter St., Madison, WI 53704, USA email: kepley@virginia.edu, ewilcots@astro.wisc.edu, zweibel@astro.wisc.edu, everett@physics.wisc.edu
Eric Wilcots
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 475 N. Charter St., Madison, WI 53704, USA email: kepley@virginia.edu, ewilcots@astro.wisc.edu, zweibel@astro.wisc.edu, everett@physics.wisc.edu
Ellen Zweibel
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 475 N. Charter St., Madison, WI 53704, USA email: kepley@virginia.edu, ewilcots@astro.wisc.edu, zweibel@astro.wisc.edu, everett@physics.wisc.edu
Stefanie Mühle
Affiliation:
Stichting JIVE, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands email: muehle@jive.nl
John Everett
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 475 N. Charter St., Madison, WI 53704, USA email: kepley@virginia.edu, ewilcots@astro.wisc.edu, zweibel@astro.wisc.edu, everett@physics.wisc.edu
Timothy Robishaw
Affiliation:
School of Physics, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia email: robishaw@physics.usyd.edu.au
Carl Heiles
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3411, USA email: heiles@astro.berkeley.edu
Uli Klein
Affiliation:
Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Universität Bonn, Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany email: uklein@astro.uni-bonn.de
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Abstract

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The low masses of irregular galaxies change the behavior of their interstellar medium (ISM) compared to that of normal spirals, so the role of magnetic fields in the ISM in irregulars may be very different than in spirals. We present high-resolution and high-sensitivity observations of the magnetic fields of two irregular galaxies: NGC 4214 and NGC 1569.

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Contributed Papers
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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