arXivResearchAug 11, 20262 min
The large-scale ordered magnetic field in the Galactic halo and the Local Bubble
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All-sky synchrotron polarization observations are the primary probe of the Galactic large-scale ordered magnetic field, which includes both coherent and ordered random components. However, magnetic-field strength estimates from synchrotron observations depend on the assumed cosmic-ray electron model, which itself depends on the magnetic-field configuration...
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