Constraining the regular Galactic magnetic field with the 5-year WMAP polarization measurements at 22 GHz

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 522, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Ruiz Granados, B ^a,b,c   Rubino Martin J A ^b,c   Battaner, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxy: structure; magnetic fields; polarization

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; AXISYMMETRIC MODELS; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; CIRCULAR RING; FIELD STRENGTHS; FIT PARAMETERS; GALACTIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; GALAXY: STRUCTURE; GOODNESS OF FIT; GRID-BASED APPROACH; LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE; LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL; MAGNETIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION; MILKY WAYS; MODEL SELECTION; PARAMETER SPACES; PITCH ANGLE; POLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIAL VARIATIONS; SPIRAL ARMS; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; SYNCHROTRON EMISSION; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; VERTICAL FIELDS; WMAP SATELLITES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GALAXIES; POLARIZATION; SYNCHROTRONS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 78149232167     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912733     Document Type: Article

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