A circumstellar disk associated with a massive protostellar object

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7055, 2005, Pages 112-115

  Jiang, Zhibo ^a   Tamura, Motohide ^b   Fukagawa, Misato ^b   Hough, Jim ^c   Lucas, Phil ^c   Suto, Hiroshi ^b   Ishii, Miki ^b   Yang, Ji ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; POLARIMETERS;

CIRCUMSTELLAR DISKS; FORMATION PROCESS; STELLAR DENSITY;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; MASS; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 27744509451     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04012     Document Type: Article

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