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The Magnetic Field of the Crab as Revealed by New, High Resolution, Multi-Band Radio Images

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

M. F. Bietenholz
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Toronto, 60 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S-1A7
P. P. Kronberg
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Toronto, 60 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S-1A7

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We present and describe recent radio observations of the Crab Nebula, which allow us to determine the magnetic field orientation and depolarization at unprecedented resolution. The observations were made in 1987-1988 using all four configurations of the VLA, at 1410,1515,4625, and 4885 MHz. The resulting maps were all convolved with a clean beam of 1.8″ × 2.0″, elongated in P.A. 80°, and the residuals added back in.

Type
3. Magnetic Fields in and around Supernova Remnants
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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