Detecting the orientation of magnetic fields in galaxy clusters

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 520-526

  Pfrommer, Christoph ^a   Jonathandursi, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES; GALAXY CLUSTERS; HOT MAGNETIZED PLASMAS; LOCAL ORIENTATIONS; POLARIZED EMISSIONS; THERMAL CONDUCTION; THERMAL HISTORY;

GALAXIES;

EID: 77954348842     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1657     Document Type: Article

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