Magnetic Fields in Quasar Cores

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Oct 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998apj...506..637t&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 506, Issue 2, pp. 637-646.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

72

Galaxies: Active, Galaxies: Ism, Galaxies: Jets, Galaxies: Nuclei, Radio Continuum: Galaxies

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Multifrequency polarimetry with the Very Long Baseline Array telescope has revealed absolute Faraday rotation measures (RMs) in excess of 1000 rad m^-2 in the central regions of the quasars 3C 273, 3C 279, and 3C 380. Beyond a projected distance of ~20 h^-1 pc, however, the jets of all three sources are found to have RM < 100 rad m^-2. Such sharp RM gradients cannot be produced by cluster or galactic-scale magnetic fields but rather must be the result of magnetic fields organized on scales of 1-100 pc. If associated with the region that produces the narrow optical emission lines, then magnetic fields of strength ~0.05 muG are required to be uniform over scales of ~10 pc. The direct detection of high RMs in these quasar cores can explain the low fractional-core polarizations usually observed in quasars at centimeter wavelengths as the result of irregularities in the Faraday screen on scales smaller than the telescope beam.

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