The local direction and curvature of the Galactic magnetic field derived from starlight polarization

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 462, Issue 1 PART I, 1996, Pages 316-325

  Heiles, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ISM: magnetic fields; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344462099     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177153     Document Type: Article

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