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112 6. Faraday rotation in two extreme environments IMAGE: 07_PSPC_CONVL_AS_1.3_OGEOM.FITS CNTRS: 07_1.3_I_4.FITS 0 0.0002 0.0004 0.0006 0.0008 37 49 00 50 kpc DECLINATION (J2000) 37 48 00 37 47 00 37 46 00 37 45 00 07 58 40 07 58 30 RIGHT ASCENSION (J2000) 07 58 20 Figure 6.1: Overlay of the X-ray emission (ROSAT PSPC) around 0755+37 on radio contours at 1.385 GHz at 4.0 arcsec resolution. Table 6.3: Frequencies, bandwidths and angular resolutions used in the RM and Burn law k images. Details of the 0755+37 dataset are given in the Appendix. source ν ∆ν beam [MHz] [MHz] [arcsec] 0755+37 1385.1 12.5 1.3-4.0 1464.9 4860.1 100 M 87 4635.1 50 0.4 4735.0 4835.1 4935.0 8085.1 8335.1 8535.1 8785.1 by G.B. Taylor. The RM maps were calculated only at pixels with polarization angle uncertainties ≤10 ◦ at all frequencies. The RM maps have not been corrected for the Galactic contribution. For 0755+37, this is estimated to be negligible (-1±2 rad m −2 ; Simard-Normandin et al. 1981). For M 87, the value is less well-determined, but the source is at very high Galactic latitude, and the associated RM must be very small compared with the measured values (see below). Values of σ RM integrated over the maps are not corrected for the fitting errorσ RMfit , I produced Burn law k images at the same resolutions and using the same frequencies as the RM maps. Weighted least-squares fits were made to the fractional polarization maps ln p(λ) as a 112
6.2. Two-dimensional analysis: rotation measure and depolarization 113 Figure 6.2: Composite radio image of M87 showing the complex structure on multiple spatial scales and at several frequencies. In the present work, the RM from the central cone-like structure, shown in more detail in the top-left panel, has been analysed. Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI. ROSAT XMM−Newton Chandra Figure 6.3: X-ray images of the centre of the Virgo cluster showing different scales: ROSAT (left) XMM-Newton (middle) Chandra (right). The increasing resolution has shown a complex structure in the hot gas. Courtesy of W. Forman. function ofλ 4 (Eq. 3.5), using a modified version of AIPS RM task. Only data with p>4σ p at each frequency were included in the fits. 6.2.1 0755+37: images Two RM images have been produced, at resolutions of 1.3 and 4.0 arcsec. Both of the fits are very good, showing no evidence for deviations fromλ 2 rotation, although the total range of rotation is quite small. The RM maps are both shown in Fig. 6.4. 113
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Contents Abstract i 1 Physics of ra
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4.6.3 The outer scale of the magnet
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Abstract The existence of diffuse m
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Chapter 1 Physics of radio galaxies
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1.2. Non-thermal emission mechanism
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1.3. Radio galaxies 7 FR II sources
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2.2. The thermal component 15 Figur
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3.1. Introduction 25 to the relativ
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