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Constraints on the Magnetic Fields in Galaxies Implied by the Infrared-to-Radio Correlation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 July 2016
Abstract
We propose a physical model for understanding the tight correlation between far-infrared and non-thermal radio luminosities in star-forming galaxies. This approach suggests that the only constraint implied by the correlation is a universal relation whereby magnetic field strength scales with gas density to a power 1/3≤β≤<2/3.
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- 5. The Polarization, Magnetic Field and Velocity Structure of External Spiral Galaxies
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 140: Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields , 1990 , pp. 239 - 240
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1990
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