Interstellar polarization from CO and XCN mantled grains: A severe test for grain alignment mechanisms

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 465, Issue 1 PART II, 1996, Pages

  Chrysostomou, A ^a   Hough, J H ^a   Whittet, D C B ^b   Aitken, D K ^a   Roche, P F ^c   Lazarian, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; ISM: individual (W33A); ISM: magnetic fields; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007436889     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/310125     Document Type: Article

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