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Journal Article
Polarized thermal emission from dust in a galaxy at redshift 2.6
2023
Overview
Magnetic fields are fundamental to the evolution of galaxies, playing a key role in the astrophysics of the interstellar medium and star formation. Large-scale ordered magnetic fields have been mapped in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies
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, but it is not known how early in the Universe such structures formed
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. Here we report the detection of linearly polarized thermal emission from dust grains in a strongly lensed, intrinsically luminous galaxy that is forming stars at a rate more than 1,000 times that of the Milky Way at redshift 2.6, within 2.5 Gyr of the Big Bang
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. The polarized emission arises from the alignment of dust grains with the local magnetic field
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. The median polarization fraction is of the order of 1%, similar to nearby spiral galaxies
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. Our observations support the presence of a 5-kiloparsec-scale ordered magnetic field with a strength of around 500 μG or lower, oriented parallel to the molecular gas disk. This confirms that such structures can be rapidly formed in galaxies, early in cosmic history.
Linearly polarized thermal emission from dust grains in a strongly lensed, intrinsically luminous galaxy forming stars at a rate more than 1,000 times that of the Milky Way is detected.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group
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