Magnetic Field in Selected Directions of the Galaxy, Direction of the Spiral Arm of Sagittarius

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Jul 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003ap.....46..341a&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics (English translation of Astrofizika), v. 46, Issue 3, p. 341-349 (2003).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Magnetic Fields

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Faraday rotation data on 40 pulsars are used in a detailed study of the magnetic field and its fluctuations in the direction of the spiral arm of Sagittarius. These results mostly agree with standard models for the galactic magnetic field. A magnetic field on the order of 3.2 G is directed from galactic longitude l 0=55° (toward the sun). However, an asymmetry has been found in the degrees of rotation relative to a plane lying in the southern hemisphere parallel to the galactic plane and at a distance of 50-60 pc from it. All the pulsars with measures of dispersion greater than 30 pc·cm-3 and lying to the north of this plane have positive measures of rotation which increase linearly with distance, while the pulsars lying to the south of this plane have unusually absolutely low negative measures of rotation. We propose that the spiral arm of Sagittarius lies entirely to the north of this plane, while the negative measures of rotation of the pulsars below this plane are caused by the magnetic field of the halo of the southern hemisphere of the galaxy. The magnetic field in the arm of Sagittarius is regular to a great extent and its fluctuating component is roughly half the regular component.

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