Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회지)
- Volume 29 Issue spc1
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- Pages.151-154
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- 1996
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- 1225-4614(pISSN)
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- 2288-890X(eISSN)
A COMPREHENSIVE VIEW OF LARGE-SCALE MAGNETIC FIELDS, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE GALACTIC MAGNETIC FIELD NEAR THE SUN
Abstract
We examine the observations of large-scale magnetic fields in the Universe. We begin at the largest scale with clusters of galaxies and work our way down through galaxies and finally to the Milky Way. on which we concentrate in detail. We examine the observations of the Galactic magnetic field, and their interpretation, under the philosophy that the Galactic magnetic field is like that in other spiral galaxies. We use pulsar data. diffuse Galactic synchrotron emission, and starlight polarization data to discuss the Galaxy's global magnetic configuration and the uniform (