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Magnetic Fields in AGN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J. F. C. Wardle
J. F. C. Wardle*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254, U.S.A.

Abstract

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We review VLBI polarization results. In particular, we discuss the a) “shock in jet paradigm”, b) the orientation of the magnetic field in jets as a function of optical identification, c) rotation measure and Faraday dispersion measurements as a probe of the narrow line region, and d) future directions of polarization observations. Results we emphasize are i) there is still a strong correlation between optical L/C ratio or EW and magnetic field orientation in the jets of blazars, even for high redshift weak-lined objects, ii) observed rotation measures are much smaller than expected from the properties of the NLR, except for some CSS sources. Also iii) a faint boundary layer or sheath (with a parallel magnetic field) has been observed around the jet of the weak-lined blazar 1055+018, and iv) circular polarization has been detected for the first time in the jets of 3C 84 and 3C 279.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 164: Radio Emission from Galactic and Extragalactic Compact Sources , 1998 , pp. 97 - 103
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1998

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