Title
The magnetic field structure of the LMC 2 supershell: NGC 2100
Date Issued
20 July 2007
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Wisniewski J.P.
Bjorkman K.S.
Magalhães A.M.
Universidade de São Paulo
Publisher(s)
Institute of Physics Publishing
Abstract
We present UBVRI imaging polarimetry of NGC 2100 and its surrounding environment, which comprise a part of the LMC 2 supershell. The morphology of the observed position angle distribution provides a tracer of the projected magnetic field in this environment. Our polarization maps detail regions exhibiting similarly aligned polarization position angles, as well as more complex position angle patterns. We observe regions of coherent fields on spatial scales of 42 × 24 to 104 × 83 pc, and infer projected field strengths of ∼14-30μG. We propose that the superposition of global outflows from the LMC 2 environment, as well as outflows created within NGC 2100, produce the unique field geometry in the region. © 2007. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Start page
296
End page
303
Volume
664
Issue
1 I
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física y Astronomía Astronomía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-34547677889
Source
Astrophysical Journal
ISSN of the container
0004637X
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