Polarimetry of the peculiar elliptical galaxy, NGC 5128
A high resolution linear polarization map is presented of the peculiar elliptical galaxy NGC5128 (= Centaurus A) and is used to investigate the polarizing mechanism at work in the dust lane. The spatial distribution and orientation of the polarization, together with a possible correlation between th...
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Durham University
1985
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.305157 |