PKS-1209-51 52 - A SUPERNOVA REMNANT WITH A WELL-DEFINED MAGNETIC-FIELD/

Authors
MILNE DK HAYNES RF
Citation
Dk. Milne et Rf. Haynes, PKS-1209-51 52 - A SUPERNOVA REMNANT WITH A WELL-DEFINED MAGNETIC-FIELD/, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 270(1), 1994, pp. 106-114
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358711
Volume
270
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
106 - 114
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(1994)270:1<106:P5-ASR>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The supernova remanant PKS 1209-51/52 displays remarkable structural s ymmetry and a well-defined tangential magnetic field. Total intensity and polarization maps are presented at 2.4, 4.8 and 8.4 GHz. The distr ibution of Faraday rotation, projected magnetic field and depolarizati on, deduced from these maps, are presented. The Faraday rotation is lo w, with a mean value of -39 rad m-2, and there is little depolarizatio n, consistent with a uniform magnetic field.