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dc.contributor.authorBrett, Belinda Jane
dc.contributor.otherSchool of Engineering, Computing and Mathematicsen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-13T11:09:50Z
dc.date.available2013-09-13T11:09:50Z
dc.date.issued1986
dc.identifierNOT AVAILABLEen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1696
dc.description.abstract

The magnetic field of the Galaxy is investigated by spherical harmonic analysis of Faraday rotation measures of extragalactic sources and interstellar polarization measurements. Two methods of analysis are used. Initially, these are compared on synthetic data sets, and some problems illustrated. Faraday rotation measures of extragalactic radio sources are taken primarily from a recent catalogue (Simard-Normandin, Kronberg, and Button, 1981). These show certain trends with position in the sky, somewhat disrupted by random effects. A recently developed inverse theory method of spherical harmonic analysis gave an interesting quantitative indication of these trends, although some problems of analysis remain.

dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Physics Victoria University of Manchesteren_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Plymouthen_US
dc.titleTHE GALACTIC MAGNETIC FIELDen_US
dc.typeThesis
plymouth.versionFull versionen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.24382/3367
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.24382/3367


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