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Faraday Rotation in the Jet of M87
Image Credit: Jongho Park, Masanori Nakamura, etc
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The magnitude of Faraday rotation measures (RMs) in the jet of a nearby radio galaxy M87. RMs systematically increase with decreasing distance, which indicates that the jet is in the environment of stronger magnetic fields near the jet base.