Direct Imaging of a Toroidal Magnetic Field in the Inner Jet of NRAO 150
Journal article, 2016

Most formation models and numerical simulations cause a helical magnetic field to form, accelerate and collimate jets in active galactic nuclei (AGN). For this reason, observational direct evidence for the existence of these helical magnetic fields is of special relevance. In this work, we present ultra-high-resolution observations of the innermost regions of the jet in the quasar NRAO150. We study the polarization structure and report evidence of a helical magnetic field.

3c-120

frequencies

vlbi

active galactic nuclei

polarization

faraday-rotation

gradients

base-line interferometry

Author

Sol N. Molina

Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA)

Ivan Agudo

Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA)

Jose L. Gomez

Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA)

Thomas P. Krichbaum

Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

Ivan Marti-Vidal

Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Onsala Space Observatory

Alan L. Roy

Max-Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

Galaxies

20754434 (eISSN)

Vol. 4 4 Art. no. 70-

Subject Categories

Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

DOI

10.3390/galaxies4040070

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