Large scale magnetic field of the Milky Way from WMAP3 data

dc.creatorJansson, Ronnie
dc.creatorFarrar, Glennys R.
dc.creatorWaelkens, Andre
dc.creatorEnsslin, Torsten A.
dc.date2007-08-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:24:40Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:24:40Z
dc.descriptionWe report on initial results from a project to constrain the large-scale and turbulent magnetic fields of the Milky Way galaxy, which eventually will incorporate all of the relevant observational data. In this paper we fit popular large scale magnetic field models to WMAP3 polarization maps. We find that the polarization data can constrain certain model parameters but does not uniquely determine the best-fit parameters. We also find that the polarization data alone cannot distinguish between model symmetries, e.g., the existence of field reversals. We show how future UHECR data can break this degeneracy.
dc.description4 pages, 4 figures, proceedings of the 30th ICRC, Merida, Mexico 2007
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0708.2714
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0708.2714
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/136416
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleLarge scale magnetic field of the Milky Way from WMAP3 data
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