Direct detection of a magnetic field in the innermost regions of an accretion disk

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7067, 2005, Pages 466-469

  Donati, Jean François ^a   Paletou, Fréderic ^a   Bouvier, Jérome ^b   Ferreira, Jonathan ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; JET AIRCRAFT; MAGNETIC FLUX; PLASMAS; WIND EFFECTS;

MAGNETIC ENERGY FLUX; ROTATION AXIS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ARTICLE; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

ORIONIS;

EID: 28544437222     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04253     Document Type: Article

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