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arxiv: 1102.0702 · v1 · pith:SFYJKF5Qnew · submitted 2011-02-03 · 🌌 astro-ph.CO

Studying magnetic fields in several parsec-scale AGN jets using Faraday Rotation

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keywords b-fieldstructurecentralfaradayfieldlongitudinalmagneticorthogonal
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We present multi-frequency radio observations from the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) of selected AGN that seem to have a B-field structure with a central "spine" of B-field orthogonal to the jet and a longitudinal B-field near one or both edges of the jet. Two explanations for this structure have been discussed in the literature: shocks making the central orthogonal field combined with a jet-medium interaction causing the longitudinal "sheath", or both components produced by a helical jet magnetic field. One way to investigate this structure is to look for gradients in the Faraday Rotation across the jet. We will discuss results for 0333+321, 1150+812 and 2037+511 providing evidence for the latter picture.

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