Extended Data Fig. 8: Polarized flux vs. total intensity plots.
From: The magnetic field across the molecular warped disk of Centaurus A
P-I and PI-I plots at 89 μm vs temperature (a,b) and column density (c,d). The trend of the bulk of the P-I plot, P ∝ τ−1, is shown as a black solid line in panels (a) and (c). The uncertainties of the debiased polarized intensity in plots (b) and (d) are shown. The blue dotted vertical lines at I = 1000 and 2700 MJy sr−1 show the limits of the three physical regions found in this analysis. The black dotted lines in panels (b) and (d) show the maximum expected polarization, P ∝ I0 = 15, 6.5, and 1.5% for each of these physical regions, respectively.
