The Interstellar Magnetic Field
The radiation from most pulsars has a high degree of linear polarisation, allowing measurements of Faraday rotation. Such radio observations of polarisation provide detailed measurements of the interstellar magnetic field along the line of sight to a pulsar, including the fields along the spiral arm...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The radiation from most pulsars has a high degree of linear polarisation, allowing measurements of Faraday rotation. Such radio observations of polarisation provide detailed measurements of the interstellar magnetic field along the line of sight to a pulsar, including the fields along the spiral arms and the large-scale field outside the plane of the Galaxy. Pulsars can probe the magnitude and direction of the galactic magnetic field. |
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| DOI: | 10.1017/9781108861656.025 |