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New Insights Into The Study Of Magnetic Field In The Clumpy Torus Of Agn Using Near-Infrared Polarimetry, Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez, Christopher C. Packham, Stuart Young, Moshe Elitzur, Nancy A. Levenson, Rachel E. Mason, Christina Ramos Almeida, Almudena Alonso-Herrero, Terry J. Jones, Eric S. Perlman

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications

We present J, H and K., imaging polarimetry of IC5063. N1R polarimetry observations may advance our understanding of the mechanisms of polarisation and hence magnetic field strength in the torus of AGN. In these proceedings we summarize the polarisation results of the central 1.2" aperture (̃263 pc) of IC5063. We present a simple polarising model to account for various mechanisms of polarisation in the central regions of IC5063. The model is consistent with dichroic absorption from diffuse stellar emission through dust in the nuclear bulge and electron scattering as dominant mechanisms of polarisation at J and H. Dichroic absorption from …