Rotation measures of extragalactic radio sources Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Mao S.A.
  2. McClure-Griffiths N.M.
  3. Gaensler B.M.
  4. Brown J.C.
  5. van Eck C.L.,Haverkorn M.
  6. Kronberg P.P.
  7. Stil J.M.
  8. Shukurov A.
  9. Taylor A.R.
  10. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present a study of the Milky Way disk and halo magnetic field, determined from observations of Faraday rotation measure (RM) toward 641 polarized extragalactic radio sources in the Galactic longitude range 100{deg}-117{deg}, within 30{deg} of the Galactic plane. For |b|<15{deg}, we observe a symmetric RM distribution about the Galactic plane. This is consistent with a disk field in the Perseus arm of even parity across the Galactic mid-plane. In the range 15{deg}<|b|<30{deg}, we find median RMs of -15+/-4rad/m2 and -62+/-5rad/m2 in the northern and southern Galactic hemispheres, respectively. If the RM distribution is a signature of the large-scale field parallel to the Galactic plane, then this suggests that the halo magnetic field toward the outer Galaxy does not reverse direction across the mid-plane. The variation of RM as a function of Galactic latitude in this longitude range is such that RMs become more negative at larger |b|. This is consistent with an azimuthal magnetic field of strength 2{mu}G (7{mu}G) at a height 0.8-2kpc above (below) the Galactic plane between the local and the Perseus spiral arm. We propose that the Milky Way could possess spiral-like halo magnetic fields similar to those observed in M51.

Keywords
  1. radio-sources
  2. magnetic-fields
  3. milky-way-galaxy
  4. polarimetry
  5. galaxy-planes
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2012ApJ...755...21M
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