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Detection of the polarized radio emission from the Crab Nebula
Author(s) -
Kuzmin A.D.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.200710759
Subject(s) - crab nebula , physics , synchrotron radiation , thermal emission , polarization (electrochemistry) , linear polarization , astrophysics , astronomy , nebula , thermal , optics , stars , laser , pulsar , chemistry , meteorology
The radio emission that was observed in earliest times could not be interpreted in terms of thermal emission process. The suggestion that synchrotron radiation was observed required the confirmation by the detection of linear polarization. We have made such a detection in 1957 which we describe in the present article. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)