Imaging Polarimetry and Photometry of the Central Region of NGC 3628

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May 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005aas...206.1305h&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society Meeting 206, #13.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.451

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We present imaging polarimetry of the central region of the edge-on starburst galaxy NGC 3628 in the H band, and photometric imaging in the H and K bands at a resolution of one arcsecond. These observations have given us a direct view of the dust enshrouded nucleus of the galaxy. We find a dust component that is probably associated with the nuclear ring seen in molecular line observations. Despite having a starburst nucleus, NGC 3628 shows no clear evidence of a polar nuclear magnetic field geometry as is the case for M82. The field is, instead, seen to lie along the plane of the galaxy indicative of a more normal field geometry.
This research has been supported in part by NSF grant AST-0205814

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