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The Linear Polarization of Sagittarius A*. II. VLA and BIMA Polarimetry at 22, 43, and 86 GHz

  • Authors: Geoffrey C. Bower, Melvyn C. H. Wright, Donald C. Backer, and Heino Falcke

Bower et al. 1999 The Astrophysical Journal 527 851.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Fig. 1.

Total intensity image of Sgr A* with polarization contours overlaid from IF 1 at 43 GHz. The scatter in the polarization vectors over the compact source and the strength of the off‐source polarization indicate that the polarization peak is an upper limit. The total intensity contours are −1%, 1%, 3%, 10%, 30%, and 90% of the peak intensity. A polarization vector 1﹩\arcsec﹩ long represents a polarized intensity of 33.3mJy beam−1. The synthesized beam is shown in the lower left corner.

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