01326nas a2200229 4500008004100000245005900041210005500100260001200155300001200167490000800179520057600187653003200763653003400795653002500829653003300854653004000887653002500927653001900952100001800971700002200989856008501011 1975 eng d00aThe Orientation of the Magnetic Field in Radio Sources0 aOrientation of the Magnetic Field in Radio Sources c11/1975 a53P-56P0 v1733 a
Recent data on the polarization of extragalactic radio sources are used to investigate the distribution of Delta, the angle between the major axis of a source and the intrinsic position angle of the E vector of linear polarization. Previous work on this subject has led to widely divergent conclusions. It is found that sources of high radio luminosity usually have Delta near 90 deg, implying that the magnetic fields in such sources are oriented along the major axis. For radio galaxies with low luminosity, on the other hand, Delta tends to lie nearer zero deg.
10aextragalactic radio sources10amagnetic field configurations10apolarization (waves)10apolarization characteristics10apolarized electromagnetic radiation10aradiant flux density10aradio galaxies1 aHaves, Philip1 aConway, Robin, G. uhttps://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/publications/orientation-magnetic-field-radio