Magnetic field as a tracer of sheared gas flow in barred galaxies

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6717, 1999, Pages 324-327

  Beck, R ^a   Ehle, M ^b   Shoutenkov, V ^a,c   Shukurov, A ^d   Sokoloff, D ^d,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c Astro Space Center   (Russian Federation)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; GAS FLOW; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPECTROSCOPY; WAVEFORM;

LANES;

EID: 0033611504     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/16861     Document Type: Article

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