Interstellar polarization at high galactic latitudes from distant stars II. Evidence for depolarization starting at Z ≈ 600 pc

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 318, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-39

  Berdyugin, A ^a   Teerikorpi, P ^b  

^a CRIMEAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; Polarization; Solar neighbourhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008673207     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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