Multifrequency polarimetry of the NRAO 140 jet: Possible detection of a helical magnetic field and constraints on its pitch angle

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 682, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 798-802

  Asada, Keiichi ^a,b   Inoue, Makoto ^a   Nakamura, Masanori ^c   Kameno, Seiji ^a,d   Nagai, Hiroshi ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: jets; Quasars: individual (NRAO 140)

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549092542     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588573     Document Type: Article

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