Star polarization in the Galactic plane Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Pavel M.D.
  2. Clemens D.P.
  3. Pinnick A.F.
  4. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

This work combines new observations of NIR starlight linear polarimetry with previously simulated observations in order to constrain dynamo models of the Galactic magnetic field. Polarimetric observations were obtained with the Mimir instrument on the Perkins Telescope in Flagstaff, AZ, along a line of constant Galactic longitude ({ell}=150{deg}) with 17 pointings of the 10'x10' field of view between -75{deg}<b<10{deg}, with more frequent pointings toward the Galactic midplane. A total of 10962 stars were photometrically measured and 1116 had usable polarizations. The observed distribution of polarization position angles with Galactic latitude and the cumulative distribution function of the measured polarizations are compared to predicted values. While the predictions lack the effects of turbulence and are therefore idealized, this comparison allows significant rejection of A0-type magnetic field models. S0 and disk-even halo-odd magnetic field geometries are also rejected by the observations, but at lower significance. New predictions of spiral-type, axisymmetric magnetic fields, when combined with these new NIR observations, constrain the Galactic magnetic field spiral pitch angle to -6{deg}+/-2{deg}.

Keywords
  1. galaxy-planes
  2. milky-way-galaxy
  3. polarimetry
  4. infrared-photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2012ApJ...749...71P
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2013-12-09T09:03:49Z
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