Irregular magnetic fields in interstellar clouds and variations in the observed circular polarization of spectral lines

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 549, Issue 1 PART 1, 2001, Pages 377-385

  Watson, W D ^a   Wiebe, D S ^a,b   Crutcher, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

ISM: clouds; ISM: magnetic fields; Polarization; Stars: formation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035284864     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/319076     Document Type: Article

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