Observational constraints on models for the interstellar magnetic field in the Galactic disk

Hui Men, K. Ferrière, J. L. Han

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2008 · 76 citations · 27 references

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Aims. Our purpose is to place firm observational constraints on the three most widely used theoretical models for the spatial configuration of the large-scale interstellar magnetic field in the Galactic disk, namely, the ring, the axisymmetric, and the bisymmetric field models.

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