The magnetic field of the large magellanic cloud revealed through faraday rotation

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5715, 2005, Pages 1610-1612

  Gaensler, B M ^a,b   Haverkorn, M ^a   Staveley Smith, L ^c   Dickey, J M ^d   McClure Griffiths, N M ^c   Dickel, J R ^e   Wolleben, M ^f  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ASTRONOMY; CLOUDS; DYNAMOMETERS; GALAXIES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

DYNAMO THEORY; LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD (LMC); MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; RAPID FIELD AMPLIFICATION;

FARADAY EFFECT;

ASTRONOMY; MAGNETIC FIELD; RADIO WAVE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; ROTATION;

EID: 14844358968     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1108832     Document Type: Article

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