Polarization of absorption lines as a diagnostics of circumstellar, interstellar, and intergalactic magnetic fields: Fine-structure atoms

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 653, Issue 2 I, 2006, Pages 1292-1313

  Yan, Huirong ^a,b   Lazarian, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atomic processes; ISM: magnetic fields; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846367657     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508704     Document Type: Article

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