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Constraints on the Magnetic Fields in Galaxies Implied by the Infrared-to-Radio Correlation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

George Helou  and
M. D. Bicay
George Helou
Affiliation:
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
M. D. Bicay
Affiliation:
Infrared Processing and Analysis Center California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125, USA

Abstract

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We propose a physical model for understanding the tight correlation between far-infrared and non-thermal radio luminosities in star-forming galaxies. This approach suggests that the only constraint implied by the correlation is a universal relation whereby magnetic field strength scales with gas density to a power 1/3≤β≤<2/3.

Type
5. The Polarization, Magnetic Field and Velocity Structure of External Spiral Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 140: Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields , 1990 , pp. 239 - 240
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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