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Direct Imaging of a Toroidal Magnetic Field in the Inner Jet of NRAO 150
- Source :
- Galaxies; Volume 4; Issue 4; Pages: 70, Galaxies, Vol 4, Iss 4, p 70 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2016.
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Abstract
- Most formation models and numerical simulations cause a helical magnetic field to form, accelerate and collimate jets in active galactic nuclei (AGN). For this reason, observational direct evidence for the existence of these helical magnetic fields is of special relevance. In this work, we present ultra- high-resolution observations of the innermost regions of the jet in the quasar NRAO150. We study the polarization structure and report evidence of a helical magnetic field.
- Subjects :
- jets
Active galactic nucleus
lcsh:Astronomy
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Astrophysics
01 natural sciences
lcsh:QB1-991
symbols.namesake
galaxies
active galactic nuclei
Very Long Baseline Interferometry
0103 physical sciences
Very-long-baseline interferometry
Faraday effect
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Physics
Toroid
010308 nuclear & particles physics
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Quasar
Polarization (waves)
Galaxy
Magnetic field
symbols
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20754434
- Volume :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Galaxies
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fa9e079d46cb72006636bc2455606fa5
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040070