J/ApJS/234/11ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/234/11doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.22340011CDSHan J.L.Manchester R.N.van Straten W.Demorest P.2018-07-13T12:34:47Z2018-04-17T14:00:57ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frpulsarsradio-continuum-emissionpolarimetrystellar-distanceWe present the measurements of Faraday rotation for 477 pulsars observed by the Parkes 64m radio telescope and the Green Bank 100m radio telescope. Using these results, along with previous measurements for pulsars and extragalactic sources, we analyze the structure of the large-scale magnetic field in the Galactic disk. Comparisons of rotation measures of pulsars in the disk at different distances, as well as with rotation measures of background radio sources beyond the disk, reveal large-scale reversals of the field directions between the spiral arms and interarm regions. We develop a model for the disk magnetic field, which can reproduce not only these reversals but also the distribution of the observed rotation measures of background sources.2018ApJS..234...11Hhttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJS/234/11CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicerelated-toB/psr : ATNF Pulsar Catalogue (Manchester+, 2005)VII/156 : Catalog of 558 Pulsars (Taylor+ 1993)VII/189 : Catalog of Pulsars (Taylor+ 1995)J/ApJS/145/213 : Rotation measures of compact sources in CGPS (Brown+, 2003)J/ApJ/642/868 : Rotation measures for 223 pulsars (Han+, 2006)J/ApJ/663/258 : RMs of extragalactic sources in SGPS (Brown+, 2007)J/MNRAS/386/1881 : New pulsar rotation measures (Noutsos+, 2008)J/MNRAS/391/1210 : Characteristics of energetic pulsars (Weltevrede+, 2008)J/ApJ/702/1230 : Rotation measure image of the sky (Taylor+, 2009)J/A+A/513/A65 : RMs in the fourth Galactic quadrant (Nota+, 2010)J/AZh/88/22 : Angles rotation/magnetic moment in 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cat.https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/234/11https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/234/11http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/ApJS/234/11https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJS/234/11https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJS/234/11http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/ApJS/234/11GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/ApJS/234/11/table1 (Observed rotation measures for 477 pulsars)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/234/11/table1?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/234/11/table1?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/ApJS/234/11/table1?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true3.573958347.77594440.0055555555555555565/7648 6/2439 2787 2874 2943 3552 3650 4608 4750 6051 7391 8131 8644 8788 8964 9232 9282 9283 9719 11287 12259 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Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintRepmeta.ref.urlintnullablePSRPulsar J2000 Name (1)meta.id;meta.maincharprimaryLitComparision with previous measurements (table 3)meta.ref.urlcharPer[0.001/6.5] Period (1)stime.periodfloatDM[2.6/1160] Dispersion Measure (1)cm**-3phys.dispMeasure;instr.dispersionfloatGLONGalactic Longitude (1)degpos.galactic.lonGLAT[-70/75.5] Galactic Latitude (1)degpos.galactic.latfloatDist[0.1/60] Estimated Distance (2)kpcpos.distance;pos.heliocentricfloate_RM[0.2/31.5] Uncertainty in RMrad.m**-2stat.errorfloatTelTelescope (GBT or PKS=Parkes 64m)meta.id;instr.telcharDateObservation Date (UT)time.epoch;obsnullableATNFDisplay the ATNF pulsar catalog (B/psr)meta.ref.urlcharSimbadSimbad column added by the CDSmeta.ref.urlchar_RARight Ascension (J2000) from SIMBAD (not part of the original data)degpos.eq.ra;meta.main_DEDeclination (J2000) from SIMBAD (not part of the original data)degpos.eq.dec;meta.mainJ/ApJS/234/11/table2Weighted mean rotation measures for pulsars with repeated measurementsrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintPSRPulsar J2000 Namemeta.id;meta.maincharRM[-186.5/1574.7] Weighted mean rotation measuresrad.m**-2phys.polarization.rotMeasurefloate_RM[0.2/14.6] Uncertainty in RMrad.m**-2stat.errorfloatJ/ApJS/234/11/table3Comparison of observed rotation measures with previously published valuesONameOther literature namemeta.idcharrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintPSRPulsar J2000 Namemeta.id;meta.maincharRM[-811.4/1174] Rotation measure, this paperrad.m**-2phys.polarization.rotMeasurefloate_RM[0.2/30.1] Uncertainty in RMrad.m**-2stat.errorfloatRM-Ref1[-1000/1168] Literature Rotation measure 1rad.m**-2meta.ref;pos.framedoublee_RM-Ref1[0.01/100] Uncertainty in RM-Ref1rad.m**-2stat.errorfloatr_RM-Ref1Reference for RM-Ref1 (1)meta.ref;pos.framecharf_RM-Ref1[*] *: best available literature RM valuemeta.codecharRM-Ref2[-611/205]? Literature Rotation measure 2rad.m**-2meta.ref;pos.framefloatnullablee_RM-Ref2[0.1/75]? Uncertainty in RM-Ref2rad.m**-2stat.errorfloatnullabler_RM-Ref2Reference for RM-Ref2 (1)meta.ref;pos.framecharRM-Ref3[-10.8/45.7]? Literature Rotation measure 3rad.m**-2meta.ref;pos.framefloatnullablee_RM-Ref3[0.1/2]? Uncertainty in RM-Ref2rad.m**-2stat.errorfloatnullabler_RM-Ref3Reference for RM-Ref3 (1)meta.ref;pos.framechar