Application of a helicity proxy to edge-on galaxies
arXiv:2003.07284 · doi:10.1093/mnras/staa1795
Abstract
We study the prospects of detecting magnetic helicity in galaxies by observing the dust polarization of the edge-on galaxy NGC 891. Our numerical results of mean-field dynamo calculations show that there should be a large-scale component of the rotationally invariant parity-odd B polarization that we predict to be negative in the first and third quadrants, and positive in the second and fourth quadrants. The large-scale parity-even E polarization is predicted to be negative near the axis and positive further away in the outskirts. These properties are shown to be mostly a consequence of the magnetic field being azimuthal and the polarized intensity being maximum at the center of the galaxy and are not a signature of magnetic helicity.
arXiv comment12 pages, 11 figures, 2 tables, MNRAS, in press
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