Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

Table of Contents - 2008 - Volume 4, Symposium S259 (Cosmic Magnetic Fields: From Planets, to Stars and Galaxies)  

Contributed Papers

Magnetic fields in irregular galaxies

Amanda Kepleya1 p1, Eric Wilcotsa1, Ellen Zweibela1, Stefanie Mühlea2, John Everetta1, Timothy Robishawa3, Carl Heilesa4 and Uli Kleina5

a1 Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 475 N. Charter St., Madison, WI 53704, USA email: kepley@virginia.edu, ewilcots@astro.wisc.edu, zweibel@astro.wisc.edu, everett@physics.wisc.edu

a2 Stichting JIVE, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands email: muehle@jive.nl

a3 School of Physics, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia email: robishaw@physics.usyd.edu.au

a4 Astronomy Department, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3411, USA email: heiles@astro.berkeley.edu

a5 Argelander-Institut für Astronomie, Universität Bonn, Auf dem Hügel 71, D-53121 Bonn, Germany email: uklein@astro.uni-bonn.de

Abstract

The low masses of irregular galaxies change the behavior of their interstellar medium (ISM) compared to that of normal spirals, so the role of magnetic fields in the ISM in irregulars may be very different than in spirals. We present high-resolution and high-sensitivity observations of the magnetic fields of two irregular galaxies: NGC 4214 and NGC 1569.

Keywords

  • Magnetic fields – polarization – ISM: magnetic fields – galaxies: dwarf – galaxies: ISM – galaxies: irregular – galaxies: magnetic fields – galaxies: starburst – radio continuum: galaxies

Correspondence:

p1 Present address: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400325, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4325

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