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Table 3:

Parameters used for the ASS model of the disk magnetic field.
Parameter	Value	Notes
inclination angle i	$78.5\hbox{$^\circ$ }$	optical disk
pitch angle	$25\hbox{$^\circ$ }$	fitted to PI
magnetic field FWHM	13 kpc/26 kpc	fitted to PI profile
magnetic field scaleheight	1.6 kpc	thin radio disk
ordered magnetic field	$3.0~\mu\rm G$	fitted to RM
electron FWHM	13 kpc	fitted to H $\alpha$ profile
electron scaleheight	1.4 kpc	fitted to H $\alpha$ profile
electron density $n_{\rm e}$	$0.05~\rm cm^{-3}$	from H $\alpha$

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