Upper limits on the Faraday rotation in variable radio sources

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Oct 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977natur.269..563w&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 269, Oct. 13, 1977, p. 563-566.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Astrophysics, Electronic Spectra, Faraday Effect, Linear Polarization, Radio Sources (Astronomy), Electron Density (Concentration), Nucleons, Plasma Density, Relativistic Particles, Spectral Energy Distribution, Statistical Analysis

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Data on the linear polarization of variable radio sources are examined for evidence of a variable component of Faraday rotation. Strong upper limits are set, and these are shown to have profound implications for the physics of these sources. It is suggested that the electron energy spectrum is a relativistic Maxwellian rather than a power law. This may be consistent with the relativistic blast wave models of Blandford and McKee.

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