Observational signatures of helical galactic magnetic fields.

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Oct 1997

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.326, p.465-476

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Galaxies: Magnetic Fields, Galaxies: Spiral, Radio Continuum: Galaxies, Polarization, Galaxies: Individual: Ngc 6946, Mhd

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We investigate the possibility of reproducing the observed polarization and Faraday rotation properties of spiral galaxies assuming their disks to be filled with regular helical magnetic fields. Both small-scale (<1kpc) flux tubes predicted by local hydrodynamic models and global, galaxy-scale (several kpc) fields generated by the dynamo process are considered. The large-scale fields are found to well reproduce the observed regular spiral pattern of polarization B vectors, as well as asymmetries of Faraday rotation and low-frequency polarization, often believed to signify non-axisymmetric or bisymmetric fields.

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