An analysis of the distribution of background star polarization in dark clouds

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 361, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 177-190

  Sen, A K ^a   Mukai, T ^b   Gupta, R ^c   Das, H S ^a  

^a ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; ISM clouds; ISM: globules; Polarization; Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

DUST; STARS; TURBULENCE;

DUST EXTINCTIONS; DUST TEMPERATURES; ISM : CLOUDS; ISM: GLOBULE; OPTICAL-; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SIMPLE MODELING; STAR-FORMATION PROCESS; STARS FORMATION; STARS: POLARIZATION;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 22944486675     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09153.x     Document Type: Article

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