Zeeman splitting in OH megamasers

Timothy Robishaw; Carl Heiles; Eliot Quataert

doi:10.1017/S1743921307013610

Zeeman splitting in OH megamasers

Timothy Robishaw
, Carl Heiles
, Eliot Quataert

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Abstract

We detected significant Zeeman splitting in the 1667 MHz OH megamaser emission from four ultraluminous galaxies. These detections, in addition to being the first extragalactic detection of the Zeeman effect in an emission line, suggest that OH megamasers are excellent extragalactic magnetometers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	467-470
Number of pages	4
Journal	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Volume	3
Issue number	S242
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921307013610
State	Published - Mar 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

Keywords

Galaxies: magnetic fields
Galaxies: starburst
ISM: molecules
Masers

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Zeeman splitting in OH megamasers

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