The highly polarized galaxy 3C 76.1

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view Abstract Citations (6) References (33) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS The highly polarized galaxy 3C 76.1 Vallee, J. P. Abstract The high degree of linear polarization integrated over the galaxy 3C 76.1 ranks this source among the most polarized sources in the sky, and its slow decrease with increasing wavelength ranks this source among the least depolarizing sources in the sky. To understand why, observations of the galaxy 3C 76.1 at a high resolution (from 0.5 to 6.2 arcsec) have been obtained with the Very Large Array in New Mexico, at a wavelength of 6.1 cm. The VLA data reveal several components, of sizes of a few arcsec, located roughly along a central line at a position angle of about 135 deg and passing through the center of the optical galaxy, much like two blobby, discontinuous but oppositely directed jets. Here the magnetic field structure is running transverse to this central line, prior to the bending of this line into a Z-shaped curve. Past the bending points, the magnetic field structure is inferred to run parallel to the radio structure there. Publication: The Astronomical Journal Pub Date: March 1982 DOI: 10.1086/113121 Bibcode: 1982AJ.....87..486V Keywords: Elliptical Galaxies; Galactic Radiation; Linear Polarization; Radio Sources (Astronomy); Astronomical Maps; Centimeter Waves; High Resolution; Magnetic Field Configurations; Very Large Array (Vla); Astrophysics full text sources ADS | data products NED (1)