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Magnetic fields in the Galactic halo

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2010

M. Haverkorn
M. Haverkorn*
Affiliation:
ASTRON, P.O. Box 2, 7990 AA, Dwingeloo, the Netherlands email: haverkorn@astron.nl Leiden University, P.O. Box 9513, 2300 RA, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Abstract

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Interstellar magnetic fields play a major role in the ionized gas away from the Galactic disk, but their strength and direction is still unclear. Radio spectro-polarimetry and rotation measure synthesis, for example used in the Parkes Galactic Meridian Survey and a number of all (southern and northern) sky surveys, enable determination of the properties of magnetic fields in the Galactic halo and their role in the disk-halo interaction.

Keywords

magnetic fieldspolarizationtechniques: polarimetricISM: magnetic fieldsISM: generalGalaxy: haloradio continuum: ISM
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Highlights H15: Highlights of Astronomy , November 2009 , pp. 448 - 449
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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