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Vertical Magnetic Fields in Spiral Galaxies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 July 2016
Abstract
Evolution of a vertical magnetic field which may have existed in the primeval galaxy is discussed based on a primordial-origin hypothesis for the bisymmetric spiral configuration of magnetic fields in spiral galaxies. The vertical field is accumulated toward the nucleus and forms a strong poloidal field, which may trigger activities like jets. Quasar jets are suggested to be the result of such strong vertical fields in the cores of primeval galaxies.
- Type
- 5. The Polarization, Magnetic Field and Velocity Structure of External Spiral Galaxies
- Information
- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 140: Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields , 1990 , pp. 227 - 232
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1990