8.4. Properties of synchrotron emission and magnetic fields in the central region of M31

Autor: P. Hoernes, R. Beck, E. M. Berkhuijsen
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 184:351-352
ISSN: 0074-1809
DOI: 10.1017/s007418090008517x
Popis: At the centre of M31 the nonthermal spectral index between λ20 cm and λ6 cm is −0.2. It slowly decreases along the southern arm and the northern filaments visible in Hα, but perpendicular to these features it increases much faster. The magnetic field runs along the arm and the filaments. These phenomena suggest the existence of a mono-energetic source of relativistic electrons in the nucleus.
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