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VLBA λλ6,4 cm Polarimetry of Vir A

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

William Junor
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of New Mexico, 800 Yale Blvd., N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87131
John A. Biretta
Affiliation:
STScI, San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218
John F. C. Wardle
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254

Abstract

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The results of polarimetric λλ6,4 cm VLBA observations of the inner 5pc of the jet and core of Vir A (3C274, J1230+1223) are reported. At λ4 cm, the core and the inner parsec are unpolarized and there is evidence for ordered magnetic fields and large RM gradients at larger distances.

Type
The Inner Regions of Galaxies
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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