SOFIA Far-infrared Imaging Polarimetry of M82 and NGC 253: Exploring the Supergalactic Wind
Authors: Terry Jay Jones, C. Darren Dowell, Enrique Lopez Rodriguez, Ellen G. Zweibel, Marc Berthoud, David T. Chuss, Paul F. Goldsmith, Ryan T. Hamilton, Shaul Hanany, Doyal A. Harper, Alex Lazarian, Leslie W. Looney, Joseph M. Michail, Mark R. Morris, Giles Novak, Fabio P. Santos, Kartik Sheth, Gordon J. Stacey, Johannes Staguhn, Ian W. Stephens, Konstantinos Tassis, Christopher Q. Trinh, C. G. Volpert, Michael Werner, and Edward J. Wollack
2019 The Astrophysical Journal Letters870L9.
Provider: AAS Journals
Caption: Figure 6.
Plot of fractional polarization against surface brightness for high S/N data points at 89 μm for NGC 253. The intensity is being used as a proxy for optical depth. 3.3σ upper limits are shown as green triangles.