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Multi-Frequency Radio Observations of Spiral Galaxies and Their Interpretation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 July 2016
Abstract
After a brief historical summary of radio observations of spiral galaxies I review the methods of analyzing radio polarization data in view of the magnetic field. Special attention is drawn to the Faraday rotation and depolarization effects and to the identification of the large-scale magnetic field structure. The present observational results and open questions are discussed in terms of the predictions of the dynamo theory and prospects on future work are given.
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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. 187 - 196
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1990
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