Published April 15, 1974
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Journal article
Effect of Faraday rotation on the circular polarization of the Crab Nebula
Description
The effect of Faraday rotation on the circular polarization of an electromagnetic wave propagating through a magnetized plasma is calculated for various limits of the plasma and wave parameters appropriate to a 30-Hz wave in the Crab Nebula. It is shown that a static magnetic field of the proper geometry and only a few times stronger than the wave field can reduce the circular polarization of the nonlinear inverse Compton radiation to a value below the observed upper limit. Subject headings: Crab Nebula - magnetic fields - polarization
Additional details
Additional titles
- Augmented title (English)
- Upper limit, magnetic fields
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1086/152795;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Journal Volume
- 189
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Astrophys. J.
- Journal Page Range
- 249
- ISSN
- 0004-637X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 5147445
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPTON EFFECT; CRAB NEBULA; FARADAY EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POLARIZATION; PULSARS
- Descriptors DEC
- BASIC INTERACTIONS; COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; ELASTIC SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; INTERACTIONS; NEBULAE; SCATTERING; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
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- Notes
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