• Title of article

    Large scale magnetic fields of our Galaxy

  • Author/Authors

    JinLin Han، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    450
  • To page
    451
  • Abstract
    Large-scale magnetic fields in the Galactic disk have been revealed by distributions of pulsar rotation measures (RMs) and Zeeman splitting data of masers in star formation regions, which have several reversals in arm and interarm regions. Magnetic fields in the Galactic halo are reflected by the antisymmetric sky distribution of RMs of extragalactic radio sources, which have azimuthal structure with reversed directions below and above the Galactic plane. Large-scale magnetic fields in the Galactic center probably have a poloidal and toroidal structure.
  • Keywords
    ISM: magnetic fields , Galaxy: structure , pulsars: general
  • Journal title
    Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
  • Serial Year
    2009
  • Journal title
    Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
  • Record number

    674768