Faraday Shadows as Probes of Galaxy Magnetic Fields at 0.3 < z < 2

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Apr 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008atnf.prop.1489h&link_type=abstract

ATNF proposal C1853, Semester: April, 2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Extragalactic, Atca

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Observations of the strength and morphology of magnetic fields in spiral galaxies are of fundamental astrophysical interest, not least because they allow us to test the models describing how magnetic fields are generated and maintained in galaxies. Faraday rotation mapping of polarized background radio sources provides a unique probe of intervening spiral galaxies, allowing both the determination of the magnetic field structure and an estimate of the total field strength of the galaxy. We propose RM mapping of bright, polarised radio sources at z>0.4 in an attempt to identify and characterise individual intervening spiral galaxies at a range of redshifts. We also hope to find a sufficiently large sample of intervenors to be able to observe any systematic changes in the magnetic fields in spiral galaxies through the past few billion years.

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