The Use of Faraday Rotation Sign Maps as a Diagnostic for Helical Jet Magnetic Fields

• Main Authors: Reichstein, Andrea, Gabuzda, Denise
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2011
• Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics astro-ph.CO; FOS Physical sciences; Faraday; Muonio
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1109.2507; https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.2507

We present maps of the sign of the Faraday Rotation measure [sign(RM)] obtained from multi-frequency radio observations on the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). Many of the Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) considered have B-field structures with a central "spine" of B-field orthogonal to the je...