Detecting magnetic fields in large-scale structure with radio polarization

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作者
Brown, Shea [1 ]
Rudnick, Lawrence [1 ]
Farnsworth, Damon [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Minnesota, Dept Astron, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
来源
COSMIC MAGNETIC FIELDS: FROM PLANETS, TO STARS AND GALAXIES | 2009年 / 259期
关键词
Magnetic fields; polarization; radiation mechanisms: nonthermal;
D O I
10.1017/S1743921309031524
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present our attempts to detect magnetic fields in filamentary large-scale structure (LSS) by observing polarized synchrotron emission emitted by structure formation shocks. Little is known about the strength and order of magnetic fields beyond the largest clusters of galaxies, and synchrotron emission holds enormous promise as a means of probing magnetic fields in these, low density regions. We report, on observations taken at, the Green Bank Telescope which reveal a possible Mpc extension to the Coma cluster relic. We also highlight; the major obstacle that diffuse galactic foreground emission poses for any search for large-scale, low surface-brightness extragalactic emission. Finally we explore cross-correlation of diffuse radio emission with optical tracers of LSS as a, means to statistically detecting magnetic fields in the presence of this confounding foreground emission.
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页码:669 / 670
页数:2
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