Rotation measures of extragalactic sources behind the southern galactic plane: New insights into the large-scale magnetic field of the inner milky way

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 663, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 258-266

  Brown, J C ^a   Haverkorn, M ^b,c   Gaensler, B M ^d,e,f   Taylor, A R ^a   Bizunok, N S ^e   McClure Griffiths, N M ^g   Dickey, J M ^h   Green, A J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^f Australian Research Council Federation   (Australia)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Galaxy: structure; ISM: magnetic fields; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547202435     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518499     Document Type: Article

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