A magnetically collimated jet from an evolved star

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7080, 2006, Pages 58-60

  Vlemmings, Wouter H T ^a   Diamond, Philip J ^a   Imai, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANETS; POLARIZATION; VAPORS; WATER;

ASTROPHYSICAL SOURCES; JET-COLLIMATION; PROGENITOR STARS;

JETS;

WATER;

SOLAR PHENOMENA;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COLLIMATOR; EVOLUTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33644760317     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04466     Document Type: Article

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