Mapping extreme-scale alignments of quasar polarization vectors

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 441, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 915-930

  Hutsemekers D ^a   Cabanac, R ^b   Lamy, H ^c   Sluse, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CANADA FRANCE HAWAII TELESCOPE   (United States)

^c BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cosmology: observations; Dark matter; Large scale structure of universe; Polarization; Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GALAXIES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OSCILLATIONS; VECTORS;

COSMOLOGY: OBSERVATIONS; DARK MATTER; LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE OF UNIVERSE; QUASARS: GENERAL;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 26844564671     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20053337     Document Type: Article

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